Beyond Vietnam: 40 Years Later

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a man of conscience. From the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, through his Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, until his assassination in 1968, his life was dedicated to fighting racism, ending poverty, and building a peaceful world. On April 4, 1967, he spoke to religious leaders about ending the Vietnam War. He called for immediate action, because "tomorrow is today." His words continue to hold great meaning for us, especially as we continue to face many of the same challenges.

If you'd like to read the full text of the speech, it's available in many places online. If you'd like to learn more about the context of the times, especially in relation to Dr. King, the archives and learning materials at http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ are an invaluable place to start.

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[chodykumbra]

Do you honestly believe that we invaded iraq to help Iraqis?

Or that the war in Iraq is doing the USA anygood?

I mean the military industrial complex is making a killing. Oil companies a posting redicolous profits.THE USA IS GOING BANKRUPT.

intentions of our leader are jaded and have been jaded since before this war. Read the Grand ChessBoard by Neo Con head advisor Zbinew Brezinski(SP). Its world they dominance they hate. not our "FREEEDOM"

They planned these wars since the eighties.

[KamratMattis]

but do they want 600 000 dead then? destroyed communicatoons, infrastructure, education, economy sold out to the usa, etc. [iraq]

[Lawman2]

The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was a prophet, and the Judeo-Christian Holy Book, the Bible, states that (most generally) "a prophet has no honor in his own country."

[BlackBearsLove]

Des white motherfuckers out there killin Black Bears! They really be sayin' they wanna kill the black man! Jive ass bitches!

[Melisha742]

We are choosing only to acknowledge MLK's I have a dream speech . We ignore this speech - only because this one stands to this day, terrifyingly relative

[KamenRiderNecro]

There will always be respect for Dr. King's legacy in my mind. He made sense, even though he came from a spiritual angle I disagree with since I do not share those beliefs. That aside, he'd be just as hated today for expressing himself so eloquently a la Barack Obama about things people just don't want to hear, since he had a point that many just don't want to hear in favor of dragging him down. Respect to Dr. King's legacy.

[jonesey5168]

The 3 knuckleheads that voted down are employees of Halibuton

[freedompatriot1]

i CAN REMEMBER DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO KILL DR. KING BECAUSE AT THE TIME HE WAS CONSIDERED A NATIONAL THREAT UNTIL THE BLACK PANTHERS SHOWED UP CARRYING GUNS.

[Corduroy66]

April 4, 1968.

[awffle]

@paul8kangas We're a bit more than a constitution and unified states. If that's really what you think, you need to do your homework.

[chrl007]

Bless Dr. King. The media only always show the bad side of the story but never so the good side of it. Think twice of what you've seem and heard.