Civil Rights
Apr. 6, 2010
Silence Is Betrayal
Stephen Rohde remembers Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech on the war in Vietnam and how his words remain relevant today.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a historic speech at Riverside Church in New York City, which has become known as "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence."
In a powerful and inspiring speech, Dr. King declared that his deep religious faith would no longer allow him to confine himself to the domestic struggle for civil rights. Instead, he was compelled to denounce the war in Vietnam because it was wrong and because of what it was doing to America and ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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