Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed at Coastal Carolina University on Friday, Jan. 12 which will kick off Coastal's annual African-American Celebration, featuring a variety of events which examine the art, history, music and cultural achievement of African- Americans.

The public is invited to help form a "Peace Circle" at 12:30 p.m. in front of the Edward M. Singleton Building on Coastal's campus. Guest speakers include David Woodley, president of Coastal's Student Government Association, and Hodari Williams, president of Coastal's student chapter of the NAACP. The Coastal Carolina University Gospel Choir, under the direction of Brian Burroughs, will perform.

For more information, contact Coastal's Office of Multicultural Student Services at 349-2304.