Spectators at the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in San Diego on Sunday said they wished for a city and nation where all have the same basic rights

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be celebrated in San Diego Monday with a series of community events held on the annual holiday.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, San Diegans gathered at the World Beat Cultural Center in Balboa Park to honor his legacy and remember his struggles for civil rights and equality, while students at SDSU used poetry and painting to express their impressions of the activist.