A stone carved with part of 'I have a dream' sits near a fountain with other famous MLK quotes in a plaza dedicated to the famous civil rights leader. A historic plaque is found a few blocks away. The honorary designation of Hardin Street and installation of markers in the name of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Blvd, recognizes the achievements of a man who inspired the world to embrace equality and non-violence to which he dedicated his life. Dr King served as Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. At age 35, Dr King was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. On April 4, 1966, he was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted every hill and mountain shall be made low. The rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out a mountain of disrepair, a stone of hope. Dr Matrin Luther King, Jr Washington, DC August 28, 1968 Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny, whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Letter from Birmingham City Jail Birmingham, Alabama April 16, 1965 The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued that self-defeating path of hate. Love is the key to the solution of the problems of the world. Nobel Peace Lecture Oslo, Norway December 11, 1964 It's all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps. It is even worse to tell a man to lift himself by his bootstraps when somebody is standing on the boot. Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution National Cathedral (Episcopal), Washington, DC March 31, 1968 I just want to do God's will, and he's allowed me to go up to the mountain, and I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the promised land. I've been to the Mountain Top Memphis, Tennessee April 3, 1968 (Dr King's last speech before he was assassinated on April 4, 1968) I have a dream, 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 speech March on Washington, DC August 28, 1963 And when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and hamlet, from every state and city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children--black men and white men, jew and gentiles, catholics and protestants--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.' I Have a Dream speech March on Washington, DC August 28, 1963 Made possible by The Big DM101, Zion Mill Creek Baptist Church, Outing Construction Company, Brown & Staley, P.A., Aint Luke Episopal Church, Baker & Baker Foundation, First Calvary Baptist Church, Nelson Mullins, Riley & Searborough, Farm Credit Bank of Columbia, Bethlehem Baptist Church, The Electic Cooperative of Sc, Wilbur Smith Associates, SC National Bank, C & S Bank, McNair Law Firm, P.A, Colonial Life Insurance Company, SC Trial Lawyers Association, Bellsouth, Budweiser of Columbia, Carolina Eastman, Spartan Food System, East Baptist Church, Bethlehem Baptist Church College Place, Haskell Heights Baptist Church, NRC Corporation Headquarters, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Second Calvary Baptist Church, Square D Company, Cablevision of Columbia, Progressive Janitorial Maintenance, Columbia Urban League, Nations Bank