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Coming Up: Beyond Vietnam

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Martin Luther King Jr. at a Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. in 1963. Credit: Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration

Each year at this time in honor of the celebration of the Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, I air a re-broadcast of Dr. King's speech entitled "Beyond Vietnam" on my show, Revolutionary Spirituality. Though most of the focus on  King at this time of the year is on his "I have a Dream" speech, I feel that this is King's most powerful and provocative speech, yet it is seldom heard.

The speech was delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, and ironically was given one year to the day before King was assassinated. He was 39 years old. The speech is even more important today as the parallels between the war in Vietnam and our current "War on Terror" are strikingly similar.

Listen to the broadcast live on Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. on KYRS radio, online or at 88.1 FM or 92.3 FM.
 

Topics: Faith, Leaders & Institutions
Beliefs: Christian - Protestant/Other
Tags: beyond vietnam, beyond vietnam and war on terror, kyrs radio, martin luther king jr., mlk and beyond vietnam, sandy williams

Sandy Williams

Sandy Williams is the host of Revolutionary Spirituality. Revolutionary Spirituality is a bi-monthly Public Affairs radio program, hosted by Sandy Williams, that airs live on KYRS Thin Air Community Radio in Spokane. The program covers diverse views, opinions and expressions of religion and sp...
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