The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina was chartered as a non-profit, community based organization in 1984 to serve as a multi-cultural citizen's group to help preserve the legacy and example to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to plan appropriate ceremonies and programs in conjunction with the legal King Holiday enacted by the Congress of the United States. Each year, the Raleigh/Wake Martin Luther King Celebration Committee is pleased to spons or a flagship King Holiday presentation of wholesome, family-oriented, multi-racial events.