Williams has earned a reputation for examining the gray areas of politics and race relations in America without concern for political correctness as a columnist and White House correspondent for The Washington Post. He will deliver Emory's King Week commemorative lecture, titled "Eyes on the Prize: An Historical Overview of the Civil Rights Movement," at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23. The lecture will take place in Cannon Chapel, located on the Emory quadrangle, and is free and open to the public.

Williams is the author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, the companion book to the acclaimed PBS series of the same name; a frequent commentator for National Public Radio, CNN's "Crossfire" and ABC's "Nightline"; and regular contributor to magazines ranging in political thought from Ebony and The Atlantic to Fortune and The New Republic. His incisive and reasoned tackling of politics, civil rights and race relations have earned him the respect of both liberals and conservatives. Williams is the author of the recently released authorized biography of retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

"Too many people, black and white, are happy with the idea that civil rights is history. It means they don't have to face what remains to be done," says Williams. He also believes that as a national symbol King's reputation has strayed far from who he was as a civil rights leader. "King has become something he never was in life-a lukewarm liberal, an Uncle Tom stick figure, a sentimental man," he says.

Learn more about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University

We Shall Overcome - Historical Places of the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

The Nobel Prize in Peace 1964

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Seattle Times

January 15-February 20
Exhibit. "Reporting the Civil Rights Movement." Exhibit of materials from various special collections that show how the civil rights movement was reported. Items will include letters, news clippings, photographs and other memorabilia. Main gallery. Opening reception at 5 p.m. Jan. 19. Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.­8 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon­8 p.m. Sunday (closed Jan. 18). Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 18
Community Service Project "Remembering Martin Luther King Through Service." Volunteers will plant trees in the historic MLK District in conjunction with Trees Atlanta. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. (404) 727-6268.

January 19
Chapel Service: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor of Theology, will preach. Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Emory quadrangle. 11 a.m. Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 19
Film. "A Marlon Riggs Film Retrospective."

• 3 p.m. Black Is, Black Ain't. 208 White Hall, 480 Kilgo Circle, Emory. Free. (404) 727-0272.

• 7 p.m. Two Riggs films TBA. Woodruff Health Sciences Administration Building auditorium, 1440 Clifton Rd., Emory. Free. (404) 727-0272.

January 19
Forum. "King: Passivist or Revolutionary?" Thoughts by those who rejected the Dreamer. Presenters:

Elaine Brown, author of "A Taste of Power" and former head of the Black Panther Party; Nathan McCall, author of "Makes Me Wanna Holler" and Emory lecturer.

January 20
Forum. "Women Talking With Women: Women of Color and White Women in Dialogue." Public forum moderated by Pam Epps, facilitator. Emory Women's Center, 618 McTyeire Dr., Emory (behind the Dobbs University Center). 4 p.m. Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 20
Concert. The Voices of Inner Strength, Emory's gospel choir. Coca-Cola Commons, Dobbs University Center, 605 Asbury Circle, Emory. 7 p.m. Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 21
Worship service. "Celebrating the Dream." A service of word and song in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Emory. 11 a.m. Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 21
Interactive exhibit: "Keeping the Dream Alive Through Public Service and Economic Empowerment. A Challenge for the New Millennium." Goizueta Business School, 1st floor student commons, 1300 Clifton Rd., Emory. 1 p.m. Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 21
1999 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Awards
Recognition program for those front-line heroes and heroines who are making a difference in the lives of the disenfranchised members of our community. Guest speaker Rev. C.T. Vivian. Reception to follow. Goizueta Business School, Room 130, 1300 Clifton Rd., Emory. 4 p.m. Free. (404) 727-4148. Co-sponsored by the Rollins School of Public Health and the Goizueta Business School. Visit the MLK Community Service Awards web site for complete details.

January 21
Concert. Jazz vespers service featuring Dwight Andrews, composer and Emory music professor. Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Emory. 6:30 p.m. Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 22
Film: Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk. Harland Cinema, Dobbs University Center, 605 Asbury Circle, Emory. 6:30 & 8 p.m. Free. (404) 727-6169.

January 22
Dance performance. AHANA dance and theater troupe will perform, followed by a reception honoring the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars of Emory. 208 White Hall, 480 Kilgo Circle, Emory. 7 p.m. Free. (404) 727-6754.

January 23
Film: Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk. Harland Cinema, Dobbs University Center, 605 Asbury Circle, Emory. 6:30 p.m. Free. (404) 727-6169.

January 23
Keynote lecture. Juan Williams, author of "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965." Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Emory. 8 p.m. Free. (404) 727-4148.

January 24
Worship service. Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, former pastor of Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, N.Y., will preach and The Voices of Inner Strength will sing. Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Emory. 11:15 a.m. Free. (404) 727-6225.