Martin Luther King, "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam"

Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. against the "triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism." Audio.

This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy (in 1972, according to Wikipedia, in 1970, according to Grammy website) for the Best Spoken Word Recording.

Excerpts of a Sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967.

Text of entire speech:
http://husseini.org/2007/01/martin-luther-king-jr-why-i-am.html

Real Audio file of entire speech:
http://www.africanbynature.com/Resources_2/mlk_vietnam-1967-speech.ram

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[69buzorro69]

'A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.' Amen... Our military has been actively engaged somewhere on the planet since 1980. America, I hardly knew ya'.

[TruthContest]

MLK had a vision, and unfortunately it couldn't be manifested until we reached a point where we could be aware of the truth that unites us all. Now we have reached that point. Search for "Truth Contest" in Google and click the 1st result, then click on The Present and read what it says.

[xEazyC187x]

@olpoziVids damn someone didn't go to college...

[seanemccormick1]

Be the change you wish 2 see in the World...

[olpoziVids]

many racist says MLK is a nigga and deserve to die but that's wrong your skin colour doens't say annything about who you are but religion etc. does tell you a little who you are!

i can say proud that i'm am half brown and half white!

[herbjack]

Very good speech of America wars and the spending for killing,but little for the poor at home,we're still doing the same thing.

[BigJonBone]

MLK has to be the best public speaker to have ever lived.

[marieoxo]

@jasmineritah92 dude, you're acting really immature.

[anne91276]

Did this man 'quote' Palestine or Israel. Yes, or No.

[1TtidnaB]

way too religious and value-based in my taste, but I guess thats US, loads of religious retards doing their thing. MLK had totally right in his main points though, and that still stands exactly as solid today - if not more.

[lazyeejay]

Truly inspirational speech. Someone who was not afraid to admit his country was wrong. Someone who stood up for the values of human beings. RIP Martin Luther King.