Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Vietnam War

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., took a public and unpopular stance against the Vietnam War, declaring it an enemy of the poor in the United States. In his 1967 speech, Beyond Vietnam, King argued that young African American men were sent “to guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia which they had not found in southwest Georgia or East Harlem”.

Duration

4 minutes, 39 seconds

Credit

National Park Service / RBH

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