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4
April
1967

King’s Beyond Vietnam speech connects racism, poverty and war

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📅 4 April 1967 📍 Verenigde Staten

At Riverside Church in New York, King publicly challenged the Vietnam War and connected militarism with racial and economic injustice. He argued that struggles for justice at home could not be separated from violence abroad. The intervention widened his public critique beyond civil rights legislation and provoked opposition from former allies.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam

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