Scholar and author Angela Davis will be the featured speaker Thurs., Jan 17 at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in Lynnwood.

Davis speaks at Edmonds Community College 12:30 p.m., Jan 17 in the Black Box Theatre, 20000 68th Ave. W.

She speaks to the community 6:30 p.m. that evening at the Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th Street.

Mayor of Lynnwood, Don Gough, will welcome the community to the evening event along with Edmonds School District Superintendent Nick Brossoit and Edmonds Community College President Dr. Jean Hernandez.

Both events are free and open to the public. ASL and Spanish translation is available. For other accommodations, call 425-670-5023 or email: jmoore@ci.lynnwood.wa.us.

Davis has lectured throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America. Davis is the author of Women, Race, and Class (1980) and Are Prisons Obsolete? (2003).

For more information about the events, call 425-670-5023 or email: jmoore@ci.lynnwood.wa.us.