Thursday, January 17, 2008

Martin Luther King, Jr. on War

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


This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy in 1970 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

Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing "Down by the Riverside"


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