"I have a dream that my four 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." — Martin Luther King, Jr. / "I Have A Dream" speech, August 28, 1963 On January 15, 2018, we celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This day is dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was a visionary ahead of his time in civil rights . Dr. King was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and was a Baptist minister throughout his life. He also was the face of the Civil Rights Movement. One of Dr. King's most memorable acts toward equal civil rights was the March on Washington where Dr. King along with approximately 200,000 other people marched to the capital and stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial . Here Dr. King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech which is one of the most well-known speeches in history. Dr. King's philosophy on ending racism and segregation was by usin