Martin Luther King, Jr. lived from January 15, 1929, to April 4, 1968, and spoke of a dream that the nation would rise up and live out its creed that all men are created equal, that on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners would sit down together at the table of brotherhood, that all of God's children would sing of liberty with new meaning, that people seeking their rightful place in the palace of justice must not be guilty of wrongful deeds or seek freedom through bitterness and hatred, and that freedom ringing from every village, hamlet, state, and city would bring the day when black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, would join hands and sing, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"