An Antiwar Speech For the Ages

Podcast: History As It Happens · Martin Di Caro

Opublikowano: 2026-10-16

Subscribe now for ad-free listening, early access, and all of our bonus content! On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful address at a New York City church. "Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence" was a searing indictment of a U.S. war on a poor country. King's expansive critique of militarism and violence explained how the war was "devastating the hopes of the poor at home" by draining resources from LBJ's Great Society programs. The cause of civil rights, argued King, was not separate from antiwar activism. Where are such voices today? Ou...