Martin Luther King: "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam"

[Bright Eyes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80Bsw0UG-U

Wonderful speech.

[Bright Eyes]

1. Everyone should listen to this.

Lets keep this kicked above the Clinton Vs Obama threads please.

[goodgd_yall]

9. K&R

[libnnc]

2. kick

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

3. A most inspiring speech! Recommended!

[The Straight Story]

4. I'll kick to that! (nt)

[NNN0LHI]

5. Mark for later viewing and thanks for posting n/t

[goodgd_yall]

6. What a great man

The voice in the wilderness. I feel shivers listening to this speech.

[Bright Eyes]

12. With everything going on in this country today, his words offer great hope.

And great wisdom.

[TomClash]

7. Funny - I was going to post this today

Great stuff - delivered at one of the best churches in the USA - the Riverside Church near Columbia University.

[NNN0LHI]

8. There is no doubt in my mind that this speech was Dr. King signing his own death warrant

And I think he knew it too. Hardly no one was outspoken against the war on April 30, 1967. Such people would have been considered traitors by my parents and their friends at the time. I was 12. I remember this speech though. And the uproar it caused. He was dead not too long afterwords.

Don

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

10. Yah. He was hugely threatening already as a civil rights leader.

No effin' way the war mongers were gonna let him get that movement rolling. NO way.

:cry:

I must always force myself to refrain from imagining what could have been had he been allowed to live, along with the Kennedys.

[goodgd_yall]

11. It's a very powerful message

a prophetic message to our government. That it is delivered by a respected, inspirational leader made it very dangerous from the point of view of certain elements in the U.S. government, that cannot be denied. And so the FBI felt it critical to sully Dr. King's reputation in an attempt to discredit his movement and his message.

[Bright Eyes]

13. I'd like to think the world would be a better place if he hadn't been murdered

His ideals will live on, always.