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Next Monday is the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Here in Chattanooga, a multi-day celebration of the civil rights leader and his legacy is now under way for its 53rd year. Eric Atkins is co-chair of the Unity Group of Chattanooga.

On Saturday, the Unity Group of Chattanooga will lead the Juneteenth National Freedom Day Parade. Eric Atkins is co-chairman of the Unity Group, which is hosting several events in Chattanooga this week ahead of the parade.

Tomorrow night at 8:30 PM, Samar Ali - cofounder of Millions of Conversations - is the guest for the season finale of “The A List with Alison Lebovitz” from our public media partner WTCI PBS.

This year, the Hunter Museum of American Art has celebrated its 70th anniversary here in Chattanooga. Nandini Makrandi is the Hunter’s chief curator. Kitty Caldwell is a member of the museum’s board of trustees - and chairman of the acquisitions committee.

Food banks across the country are feeling the pinch. Demand is high from the people who need them, as inflation soars and supply chain issues persist. The Chattanooga Area Food Bank - a member of Feeding America - serves 20 counties in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia.

This fall, students on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - will have the chance to enroll in a new concentration in theatre entrepreneurship, thanks to a collaboration between UTC’s Department of Performing Arts and the Gary W. Rollins College of Business.

On Friday and Saturday, writers from around the region will gather here in Chattanooga for the SouthWord Literary Festival. Now in its 40th year, the festival celebrates writers from - and now living and working - here in the South.

For years, the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti - a nonprofit here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - has helped women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in a remote and mountainous area of southern Haiti.

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans after the Civil War. Eric Atkins is co-chairman of the Unity Group, which is hosting several events in Chattanooga leading up - and during - the holiday on Monday, June 19th.

A deeper dive into data for Hamilton County Government. Act II for The Velvet Chair Experience in Chattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”