Martin Luther King Jr. inspired and energized millions of people worldwide to seek and win basic human rights that had long been denied them, and inspired millions of others to join the struggle. At the 2013 Unity Breakfast ($5-$15, 253.692.4501) from 8-10:30 a.m. in the William W. Philip Hall at the University of Washington Tacoma Carolyn McKinstry will share her experiences as a survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Tacoma's huge Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration moves from the Tacoma Dome to the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center (1500 Broadway) with Dr. Clayborne Carson, executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, as the keynote speaker asking everyone to think in earnest about the power of the individual to bring about lasting positive change for this year's theme, "One Man, One Dream, One Legacy." The free event begins at 11 a.m.