On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr said to the crowds gathered in Washington, D.C.:

"When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Hear and see Dr. King deliver his famous I Have A Dream speech (including the full text).

Visit The King Center website, where you can listen to Dr. King define greatness as service, requiring only "a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love".

Visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service site to learn more about efforts across the nation dedicated to remembering Dr King by serving, including many Habitat for Humanity projects.