Michigan Tech honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a weeklong series of events capped with a banquet featuring soul food, gospel music and jazz.

The observances were organized by Educational Opportunity.

The annual MLK banquet in the Memorial Union Ballroom, included fried chicken, greens and sweet potato pie. Michigan Tech's Jaztec band the the Praise in Effect Gospel Choir performed, and alumnus Michael Weaver gave the keynote address.

Weaver, who earned a BS in Civil Engineering in 1993, is real estate development coordinator for the Grand Rapids Housing Commission, managing the design and construction of low-income housing projects. He is best known at Michigan Tech for teaching the chorus that would become the Echoes from Heaven Gospel Choir and for co-founding the Society for African American Men.

On Tuesday, Jan. 16, at noon, the MLK March began at the Memorial Union and ended at the Rozsa Center with a candlelight vigil. The march is sponsored by the Black Student Association and the Society for African American Men.

Also on Tuesday, Betty Chavis, director of outreach and multiethnic programs, with other members of the Michigan Tech community, presented "If It Wasn't for King . . ." Chavis told of her experiences meeting King during the civil rights movement, and others discussed his legacy and the effect he has had on their lives.

On Wednesday, the Black Student Association presented a skit, "Breaking through the Stereotypes," at noon. The African Student Association presented "Back to Our Roots".

Thursday's events began at noon with "Triple Evil: Racism, Poverty and War," sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers. "Principles of Nonviolence," presented by Nosotros, the Hispanic student organization.

On Friday, "Breaking through the Stereotypes" program was performed and a short video of King's final speech, "I Have Been to the Mountaintop," which was delivered the day before he was assassinated, was shown, followed by a discussion. The event was sponsored by the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.

Also,. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship presented "Why Should I Care? God's Desire for Social Justice."