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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Tue Apr 4, 2017, 09:25 PM Apr 2017

Martin Luther King Jr's "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence" speech, April 4, 1967

Martin Luther King delivered this speech was fifty years ago today...exactly one year later, Dr. King would be assassinated.

We are intervening in different countries today...otherwise, little has changed.

link to speech text below:

https://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/MLKapr67.html

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Martin Luther King Jr's "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence" speech, April 4, 1967 (Original Post) Ken Burch Apr 2017 OP

Beautiful speech Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #1

One for the ages. dalton99a Apr 2017 #2

A very powerful message by one of the truly great Americans!! lastlib Apr 2017 #3

Great speaker, vital topic, marvelously stated. Nitram Apr 2017 #4

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)

1. Beautiful speech

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Apr 4, 2017, 11:30 PM

Apr 2017

It is well we remember these words. King would be criticized heavily for this speech, from many circles, but his words are as true now as 50 years ago.