Tag Archives: Martin Luther King

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR’S GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING, “WHY I OPPOSE THE WAR IN VIETNAM” REISSUED

Motown Records’Black Forum label has reissued Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam. The landmark speech was recorded in April 1967 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. Originally released on vinyl in October 1970, Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam was the first album from the then-fledgling label.  Throughout 1967, Dr. King took a …

Historical Video: Robert F. Kennedy Anounces Martin Luther King’s Death, Indianapolis 1968

http://youtu.be/_E3-_z5YP0M The preceding, historically significant, footage shows Robert Kennedy in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968 speaking to a crowd on a campaign stop shortly after learning of the death of Martin Luther King. Kennedy’s trenchant, moving comments were given very soon after King’s assassination. “[Kennedy] first heard that King had been shot while leaving Muncie, …