The Frank Adams 5K Walk/Run on July 15 will kick off the Rondo Days Festival to celebrate Minnesota’s African-American heritage and the historically black neighborhood.

The race will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Center, 270 N. Kent St. in St. Paul. Runners will head east through the Rondo neighborhood to St. Peter Claver Church, 375 N. Oxford St. and back to the MLK Center.

The host, Inner Cities Athletic Association, will put proceeds toward scholarships for low-income athletes. The race’s namesake, Frank Adams, co-founded the organization. He died in 2013.

Registration forms are here may be received by mail until July 12.