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Martin Luther King, "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam" (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2012
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roody
(10,849 posts)1. as relevant today as in 1967
if not more so
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)6. I'll second that! NT
Magoo48
(4,720 posts)2. Right on target. He shined a relentless light on that war.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)3. should play this every time some RWer tries to convince you
MLKJr was a "Republican" ...
mia
(8,362 posts)4. The most powerful speaker who ever lived.
His speech won a Grammy " in 1972, according to Wikipedia, in 1970, according to Grammy website) for the Best Spoken Word Recording."
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)5. One of his greatest speeches you never hear
I was so blown away when I first heard this speech.. and I was also so saddened to know he went through so much rejection from others by his speech.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)7. Stunning speech.
Check it out.
midnight
(26,624 posts)8. 15 million polled were against the war, yet it continued....