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Martin Luther King (view source)
Revision as of 13:53, September 22, 2013
, 13:53, September 22, 2013Why didn't we have "I Have A Dream" ?
==Foreign policy==
==Foreign policy==
By 1966 his attacks on the [[Vietnam War]] led to a break with [[Lyndon Johnson]] and the labor unions that had been his base of support in the white community (along with the liberal churches).
By 1966 his attacks on the [[Vietnam War]] led to a break with [[Lyndon Johnson]] and the labor unions that had been his base of support in the white community (along with the liberal churches).
=="I Have A Dream"==
Dr. King's monumental speech at a huge gathering in Washington, D.C., electrified the nation. Many people who had not previously considered equal rights for blacks to be an important issue were impressed with the many points he made in his speech about racial discrimination. His eloquent theme of "Let freedom ring" (reminiscent of [[Archibald Carey]]'s 1951 sermon) likewise motivated many Americans, particular white Judeo-Christians, to take up the cause of integration.
==Political affiliation==
==Political affiliation==