Video
Mike Douglass Interview 1967 - Critique of the Vietnam War * Rare Interview
Meet the Press 1967 - Calls for Public Opposition to the Vietnam War
A Time to Break Silence (Beyond Vietnam) - April, 4th 1967
Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam - April, 30th 1967
Dr. King and the War in Vietnam - Clip from Documentary "Evidence of Revision"
Meet the Press - With Roy Wilkins Discussing the March on Washington
Meet the Press 1960 - Discusses Nonviolence and Sit-ins
NBC's Look Here 1957 - On the Montgomery Bus Boycott
I've Been to the Mountaintop 1968 - Speech the night before he was assassinated
Writings:
The False God of Nationalism -PDF Download
Will Capitalism Survive? - PDF Download
Beyond Vietnam - April, 4th 1967
SCLC Presidential Address, 1967 - Dr. King calls for a guaranteed annual income and harshly critiques capitalism.
Links:
Resources for the Radical King - Article on Tikkun Magazine about Dr. King's perspectives on War, Imperialism, Capitalism and Theology.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute -@ Stanford - Clayborne Carson
Dr. King's papers from college and seminary
In His Own Words - War, Peace and Poverty - Audio CD of King speaking about Imperialism, Poverty and Capitalism.
Biography
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today. King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
