CHAPEL HILL - Actress and activist Ruby Dee will deliver the keynote address at this year's 23rd annual University-Community Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Her speech will be in Memorial Hall on East Cameron Avenue 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Tickets are free. Seating is reserved, and tickets are limited to two per person. They must be picked up at the Memorial Hall Box Office.

For ticket information, call (919) 843-3333.

For information about the other activities during the week, visit www.unc.edu/diversity/mlk.

The Rev. Chancy R. Edwards, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church in Fayetteville and a senior adviser to Gov. Mike Easley, will be the keynote speaker at the celebration's memorial banquet, 6 p.m. Monday at the Friday Center for Continuing Education off N.C. 54. To purchase banquet tickets, call (919) 962-6962.

The weeklong celebration is sponsored by the Chancellor's Committee for the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, Carolina Union Activities Board, Student Government, Martin Luther King Jr. Established Lecture Fund, Black Student Movement and the Residence Hall Association.