Muhammad Ali addresses students about his decision to refuse induction into the United States armed forces.
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Theologian James Cone and Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Taylor Branch join Bill to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of economic justice in addition to racial equality, and why so little has changed for America’s most oppressed.
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story explores the extraordinary life and legacy of one of the most important religious figures of the 20th century.
This is part of a very powerful speech Dr. King gave on Vietnam. What he said then is totally applicable to our times now. Substitute words like Vietnam and Hanoi for words like Iraq, Baghdad, Afghanistan, etc.
In 1967, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King spoke with NBC News’ Sander Vanocur about the “new phase” of the struggle for “genuine equality.”