WATCH LIVE: MLK Day Service 2026

ATLANTA - Monday is a federal holiday where we remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Taking place in Atlanta will be the annual MLK, Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service, the culmination of a series of community outreach events honoring the civil rights leader.

FOX 5 Atlanta is proud to partner with The King Center once again to broadcast and livestream this event.

Remembering MLK in Atlanta

What we know:

The event begins at 10 a.m. EST on Monday. It takes place at Atlanta's Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, a historic church which grew under the leadership of King's grandfather, and where his father was a pastor as well.

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Rev. A. R. Bernard, Sr., founder and chairperson of the Christian Cultural Center Global, will be the keynote speaker. 

You can watch the event online, on YouTube, or on FOX LOCAL.

MLK Day Service speakers

Timeline:

Below is the order of the speakers according to the event program on the King Center's website: 

• Rev. Reginald Shape Jr. and Rev. Natosha Reid Rice will give the opening remarks and welcome.
• Rev. Sean B. Smith, of New Horizon Baptist Church, will lead the invocation.
• Cantor Nancy Kassel, of Temple Beth Tikvah, will read from the Old Testament.
• Jennifer Arnold, Assistant Director of Admissions at Emory University, will read from the New Testament.
• Imam Shane Atkinson, Associate Chaplain for Muslim Life at Elon University, will read from the Quaran.
• King's youngest daughter, Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, will lead the call to commemoration.

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• Siara White, a 7th grade student from Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy, will read the tribute to Coretta Scott King.
• Rev. Reginald Shapre Jr. will introduce the keynote speaker.
• Rev. A. R. Bernard will give the keynote speech.
• Members of the Atlanta Consular Corps will lead the bell ringing ceremony.
• Eugune Cho, President and CEO of Bread for the World, will read the benediction.
• The service will end with a singing of "We Shall Overcome."