On November 2, 1983, Republican President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law to create a federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
This quote is from the “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered
before a crowd of about 250,000 people at the 1963 March on Washington, which remains
one of the most famous in history.