Martin Luther King - A Time to Break Silence

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September 30, 2007

Martin Luther King - A Time to Break Silence
Starting in 1965, King began to express doubts about the United States' role in the Vietnam War. In an April 4, 1967, appearance at the New York City Riverside Church — exactly one year before his death — King delivered Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. In the speech he spoke strongly against the U.S.'s role in the war, insisting that the U.S. was in Vietnam "to occupy it as an American colony" and calling the U.S. government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."
"Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over. So it is that those of us who are yet determined that America will be are led down the path of protest and dissent, working for the health of our land."
"At this point I should make it clear that while I have tried in these last few minutes to give a voice to the voiceless in Vietnam and to understand the arguments of those who are called "enemy," I am as deeply concerned about our own troops there as anything else. For it occurs to me that what we are submitting them to in Vietnam is not simply the brutalizing process that goes on in any war where armies face each other and seek to destroy. We are adding cynicism to the process of death, for they must know after a short period there that none of the things we claim to be fighting for are really involved. Before long they must know that their government has sent them into a struggle among Vietnamese, and the more sophisticated surely realize that we are on the side of the wealthy, and the secure, while we create a hell for the poor."

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 -- April 4, 1968), was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement. A Baptist minister by training, King became a civil rights activist early in his career, leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, raising public consciousness of the civil rights movement and establishing King as one of the greatest orators in American history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Martin Luther King Day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.
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flexo113 (19 minutes ago) Show Hide

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yall thank he 8 at du k f c

ssucculentme70 (6 days ago) Show Hide

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R.I.P you were a g8 man

franz909 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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The Speech you WON't see on CNN , hey OBAMA how do you look your kids in the eyes knowing you are the opposite of what Martin Luther King Stood for .... HOW , how do you look in face of the American people KNOWING you lie and deceive .

Thank you MLK ...words of truth .

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i agree with you !!!!!!!!

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"Gandhi is known for having started the movement of nonviolent civil disobedience in India, but about five hundred years before him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started His movement of nonviolent civil disobedience to the order of Chand Kazi. It is not necessary to commit violence to stop the opposition from hindering a movement, for one can kill their demoniac behavior with reason and argument." If we became violent in every case, it would be difficult for us to manage our affairs.

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Stop this madness. Stop these terrible, immoral wars and bring our troops home.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great man. I miss his presence, his power and his truth.

If you want to know who assassinated Dr. King, read "Act Of State: the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr." by Dr. William Pepper

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go god when will this madness end .
doctor king said the truth about this goverment to started this war for profit .
when will it end .
god bless doctor for what he stood for .that peace in the war .poor john f kennedy who died for what was right .
god bless both these peacemakers .
who died for peace in the world .
love and peace

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For this speech, the FBI killed JFK.

We demand an investigation of the FBI for this assassination.

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Yes, Dr. King would oppose President Obama's foreign and domestic policy even more than that of President Bush. Bush and Obama have the same handlers - the global banksters. Both have escalated warfare in order to protect the interest of corporate America, World Banks, and the CIA controlled drug cartels.

Thanks for this video.

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