Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence Martin Luther King, Jr. 4 April 1967. Full text of speech. Sadly, this speech is in many ways even more relevant today than in 1967. Watch Video Here on YouTube

On 4 April 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his seminal speech at Riverside Church condemning the Vietnam War. Declaring “my conscience leaves me no other choice,” King described the war’s deleterious effects on both America’s poor and Vietnamese peasants and insisted that it was morally imperative for the United States to take ...

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence", also referred as the Riverside Church speech, [1] is an anti–Vietnam War and pro–social justice speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1967, in New York City exactly one year before he was assassinated.

One of Dr. King's most radical speeches, given at Riverside Church in Manhattan, 1967. This is the speech that linked war, poverty and corrupt economics. ...

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Mar 30, 2010 · Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Beyond Vietnam" was a powerful and angry speech that raged against the war. At the time, civil rights leaders publicly condemned him for it.

Excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr., "Beyond Vietnam": Speech at Riverside Church Meeting, New York, N.Y., April 4, 1967. In Clayborne Carson et al., eds., Eyes on the Prize: A Reader and Guide (New York: Penguin, 1987), 201-04.

The immediate response to the speech, from many political and civic figures who had sympathized with King’s previous advocacy, was strongly negative. King, however, continued to speak out against the war, in line with his commitment to nonviolence both in the antiwar effort and in his fight for the civil rights of Black Americans.

Jan 18, 2018 · In this speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out harshly against the war in Vietnam. His speech “Beyond Vietnam” was condemned by many civil rights leaders who thought it hurt their cause. It incensed President Lyndon Johnson, who …