![]() ![]() I need not pause to say how happy I am to have the privilege of being a participant in this significant symposium. His outspokenness about an issue not ordinarily seen as a question of civil rights brought a storm of criticism. ![]() In a powerful address, King described how the casualties of the increasingly unpopular war had spread beyond its physical horrors to wreck the Great Society and threaten American principles and values. senators at a daylong symposium in Beverly Hills, California. King’s opposition to the Vietnam War gained national attention on February 25, 1967, when he appeared alongside four anti-war U.S. ![]() Image above: American soldiers in Long Binh, Vietnam, observe King’s birthday on January 15, 1971, 15 years before it was first observed as a federal holiday. Editor’s Note: Read The Atlantic’s special coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.
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