He stated very clearly that a million people had already been killed by this intervention and most of them were children.
Thirdly, he exposed the great injustices and bitter realities about US military intervention with such clarity and conviction that it was bound to have a strong nationwide and infact worldwide impact. Secondly, he expressed deep regret that it is mainly the children of the poor (black as well as white young men from poor households) who were being sent to fight a very unjust and oppressive war, while they should have been contributing to reducing distress of their own settlements. So he realized that in order to really help the poor it is important also to prevent wars and to have peace. He stated very clearly that the high hopes he had from the poverty program started getting shattered from the time of increased spending on Vietnam war. Firstly, he drew a very clear linkage between why a civil rights activist like him has to be a peace activist at the same time. The great importance of this speech is due to several factors. In fact the bullets which killed the Nobel peace prize winner civil rights and peace activist were fired exactly one year after the precise date of the speech -on April 4 1968-sending an eerie message. Some close colleagues of MLK and other observers have believed that it was after this speech that the high-level plot to assassinate him started taking shape. This speech will always be remembered for establishing links between justice at home and justice abroad, between civil rights and world peace, between the sufferings of the victims of injustice at home and in other countries. King at Manhattan’s Riverside Church on April 4 1967-a speech remembered also as the ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence’ speech.
The reference here is of course to the speech delivered by Dr. is remembered even 55 years later as one of the most courageous speeches ever made. Greatest speeches are those which achieve this in such a way that their relevance increases with the passage of time and years later, even decades later, we can refer to them to improve our understanding and to show us the way in difficult times.Ī historic speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. Great speeches are those which address the most urgent issues of the time in such such a way as to bring out real solutions while exposing falsehoods. Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on Email
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