photo by: Richard Gwin

Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity from across the United States marched with hundreds of others Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, from Kansas University’s Strong Hall to the Kansas Union. In the front row, from left, are Kareeem Wall, Elden Mitchell, DeVante Green and Adam Khalil.

Kansas University’s spring semester classes start Tuesday, but there will be activity on campus on Monday — and into the week — for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The main event is a candlelight vigil and walk followed by a reception with live music.

KU’s MLK Day walk will begin at Strong Hall at 4:30 p.m. Monday. A reception with entertainment by Genuine Imitation will follow at the Kansas Union, from 4:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. KU’s Black Student Union, National Pan-Hellenic Council and Student Senate representatives will lead the march. The event is free.

King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” will screen at 3 p.m. Thursday on Level 4 at the Kansas Union, during the weekly Student Union Activities Tea @ 3 event. The event is free.

Throwback Thursday, featuring Freedom Songs, is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. Also free.

KU faculty will be featured at several other MLK Day and related events:

• KU School of Business Dean Neeli Bendapudi will be the featured speaker at the MLK Day Community Breakfast, set for 7:30 a.m. Monday at Maceli’s Banquet Hall, 1031 New Hampshire St. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. The breakfast is organized by the Jayhawk Breakfast Rotary Club.

• KU associate professor of film and media Kevin Willmott will be on hand for a screening and discussion of his film, “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,” at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

• KU professor of American Studies and African and African-American Studies Randal Jelks will present “More Than a Dream: The Broader Vision of Martin Luther King Jr.” at 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Lawrence Public Library. Admission is free.

For information on other community-wide MLK Day events, visit mlklawrence.com.

• I’m the Journal-World’s KU and higher ed reporter. See all the newspaper’s KU coverage here. Reach me by email at sshepherd@ljworld.com, by phone at 832-7187, on Twitter @saramarieshep or via Facebook at Facebook.com/SaraShepherdNews.