Each year on the third Monday of January schools, federal offices, post office and banks across America close as we celebrate the birth, the life and the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is a time for the nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought. A time to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples. A time to remember the message of change through nonviolence.

Here is an excerpt from his Famous Speech I Have a Dream

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

Trivia

Where was Martin Luther King Jr. Born?

Atlanta, Georgia
Little Rock, Arkansas
Montgomery, Alabama

What event marked the beginning of King's civil rights activities?

A Protest against unfair voting rights in Georgia
A Protest of the segregated bus system in Alabama
A Massive March in Washington, D.C.

What group was founded by King in 1957?

Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Poor People's Campaign

What legislation did the U.S. Congress enact shortly after Kind led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama?

Civil Rights act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1968

In what year did King win the Nobel Peace Prize?

1964
1967
1968

Where was King Killed?

Atlanta
Chicago
Memphis

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