The words "I Have a Dream" are historically famous. They defined the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King. But they're just one speech in a long life of brilliance and introspection. Holding a doctorate in Systematic Theology from Boston University,

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements and political changes.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon to judge people by the content of their character not by the color of the skin still thunders like a hammer on an anvil today, writes Armstrong Williams.