I Watched Tom Brokaw's "King" on History Channel

[Paranoid Pessimist]

I don't think there was a single mention of Dr. King's opposition to the Vietnam War. I didn't watch every single second of it, flipped in and out, but aside from mentioning that Dr. King was against "poverty, injustice, and war," his anti-Vietnam war speeches were not quouted.

The April 4, 1967 speech is here:

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/058.html

Here's one on You Tube "It's a dog day in our nation when high level authorities will seek to use every method to silence dissent." " . . . the poverty program; then came the build-up in Vietnam, and I watched the program broken as if it was some idle political plaything of a society gone mad on war."

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

None of this was mentioned by the Brokaw program.

[1620rock]

1. Umm, there was a lot mentioned of Dr. King's opposition to the Vietnam War.

[calico1]

2. It was definitely mentioned.

I think during the last half hour or so. Some of his anti war speeches were shown and it was also mentioned that at the time his anti war stance was considered controversial and worried many of his supporters because at the time there was still a lot of support for the war so they saw it as risky. And it went againt LBJ's position who supported him on civil rights.

[stray cat]

3. probably had to watch it