A Time to Break Silence: Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King - April 4th, 1967
- Apr 4, 2016
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On April 4th, 1967, approximately 49 years ago Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King gave perhaps one of the most "dangerous" oratories in New York City's Riverside Church. Famously entitled "A Time to Break Silence", Dr. King expresses his viewpoint of the United States entering the Vietnam War. The African American condition was undoubtedly linked to the human condition of all the world's peoples. Despite criticism and many death threats, Dr. King courageously delivered his anti-war speech that called for the dissuading of violence angry, hopeless young men who saw that they would face the violence of war.
At the end of Dr. King's speech he stated, "Perhaps the more tragic recognition was the cruel irony of watching Negro and white boys on TV screens as they kill and die together for a nation that has been unable to seat them together in the same schools".
This speech marked the beginning of the end for Dr. King, because approximately one year from the date of this speech; Dr. King was assassinated outside the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4th, 1968. He was 39 years old at the time of his passing.
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