How Did Martin Luther King's Vietnam War

Beyond Vietnam The Vietnam War, it had destroyed Vietnam since 1955. Many men felt that something need to be done, so much so they created their own organization, Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam. One of the organizations dedicated members was Martin Luther King, he was one of the few African Americans in the group but also the only southerner (Hall,1990). But, Martin Luther had one thing that all the other members lacked, the power of speech. On April 4th, 1967 Martin Luther put his power to good use at Riverside Church in New York City (Hall,1990). Here is where King went against the President, a friend, in opinion and did what many advisors suggest he not do (Hedin, 2017). But, his conscience told him he had to, Martin Luther King gave a speech that clarified his opinion on the war, reasons, and solutions to the War. King wanted to address the war head on and most importantly he wanted
But, this war brought many together you saw blacks and whites fighting side by side. This also brought to light how immature our country was. We were fighting a war against an idea by fighting people. This war was also not our war in the first place it was France’s colony. This also showed a type of distrust in the US, Vietnam even quoted our Constitution in their own document of freedom and here we are telling them that they are not allowed to become free. Another importance to this speech is to show that Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t focused on Civil Rights. He said his dream was to fix America to cure its poison and that Civil Rights was part of it. This speech also showed us that Martin Luther wasn’t concerned about himself, he went against an ally because it was the right thing to do. This just adds to King’s character, everyone around him was saying it was a bad idea but he did it because it was what he believed