Martin Luther King Martin was born in 1929 in Atlanta, to a line of priests. At the university he combined religious studies with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader who advocated non-violent resistance. Martin became a priest in the Baptist church in Alabama, and his sermons instilled new hope in the believers. I have to do it. He gave his most famous speech - "I have a dream" - in Washington in front of a quarter of a million people, and was the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin's dream, that children "will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the mouth of a baker," continues to inspire his son until this very day.