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

[marmar]

[roody]

1. as relevant today as in 1967

if not more so

[Plucketeer]

6. I'll second that! NT

[Magoo48]

2. Right on target. He shined a relentless light on that war.

[zbdent]

3. should play this every time some RWer tries to convince you

MLKJr was a "Republican" ...

[mia]

4. The most powerful speaker who ever lived.

His speech won a Grammy &quot in 1972, according to Wikipedia, in 1970, according to Grammy website) for the Best Spoken Word Recording."

[annm4peace]

5. One of his greatest speeches you never hear

I was so blown away when I first heard this speech.. and I was also so saddened to know he went through so much rejection from others by his speech.

[Wilms]

7. Stunning speech.

Check it out.

[midnight]

8. 15 million polled were against the war, yet it continued....