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Watch now | Georgia governor attends Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration of Service today

The event will be live streamed at noon on 11Alive.com

Credit: (AP Photo/William A. Smith)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (seated second from right) told a press conference in Baltimore, the first stage of a three-stage economic boycott of Alabama would begin immediately, April 2, 1965. King is flanked by the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, a lieutenant in King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference and John Lewis (third from right), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Andrew Young, a King aide, is standing behind Lewis.

ATLANTA — Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is slated to attend the state's 36th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration of Service on Friday.

The event will take place today at the North Wing of the Georgia State Capitol around noon.

The event will be hosted by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Advisory Council in partnership with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, according to the press release. Other state leaders are also expected to attend.