4 abr 1967 año - Martin Luther King's 'Beyond Vietnam' Speech

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Made at Riverside Church, this speech expressed King's anti-Vietnam War outlook as he believed it diverted money and attention from programs within the US that had been created to assist the Black poor.

Significance: The Vietnam War was an extremely divisive issue within America, and this speech was extremely controversial. It shocked many of King's supporters, but is considered a turning point in public opinion of the War.

Quote: “I consider war an evil. I must cry out when I see war escalated at any point” - Martin Luther King Jr.

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