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Harding, a native of Harlem, NYC, received his BA from City College of New York and Masters in Journalism from Columbia University before serving in the US Army (1953-55) and receiving a PhD in History at the University in Chicago in 1965. Who Wrote the Speech?īeyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence was actually a collaborative work largely written by a close associate and friend of Martin Luther King, Jr. King, a gifted speaker who normally wouldn’t read from text, did read out Beyond Vietnam because he planned to submit it to publications and did not want to be misquoted. Martin Luther King had spoken critically about the Vietnam War before, but it was his blistering Beyond Vietnam speech at an event sponsored by “Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam” that gained wide attention. The actual speech begins at 1:41 in the recording. Hear the entire recording of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech, including introductory applause and a greeting King makes to his fellow clergy speakers. Read on for background on the historic speech, highlights and the speech in in its entirety. The legacy of his speech is reflected in The Vietnam War, an 18-hour series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (streaming to PBS station members). Exactly a year later, King was assassinated. The speech is considered a turning point in the public opinion’s of the Vietnam War. government and the war became known as “The Riverside Church Speech” and it was criticized by media from The New York Times to the Washington Post, and by groups such as the NAACP, which objected to the Civil Rights Movement weighing in on the war and joining anti-war protests. foreign affairs in view of the sorry domestic state of equality in America. King used his famous oration skills to point out the hypocrisy of U.S. After more than a decade in the public eye fighting racism and inequality in America, King plunged himself into another searing, divisive issue in America with his speech, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, given at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967.

gave a speech that startled even many of his supporters in the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., giving his speech Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence at Riverside Church in NYC, April 4, 1967.įifty years ago in 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr.

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