*[Enwl-eng] Martin Luther King on war, and what it takes to make peace

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                  Global Edition - Today's top story: Martin Luther King 
Jr.'s moral stance against the Vietnam War offers lessons on how to fight 
for peace in the Middle East View in browser
                   Global Edition | 16 January 2024







                  As the number of U.S. soldiers fighting and dying in 
Vietnam continued to increase during the mid-1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. 
found himself in a tough spot with President Lyndon B. Johnson.

                  It was Johnson who had signed into law both the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was Johnson who 
orchestrated the Great Society programs that promised social uplift and 
racial equality. But LBJ was also at the heart of the escalation of the war.

                  Though his advisers urged him not to speak out against the 
war, King ultimately did, often and loudly. For King, “silence had become 
betrayal.” Hajar Yazdiha writes about King’s views on war − and what he 
might say about peace in the Middle East. “This is the story of the anti-war 
King who understood that violence begets violence and that the political 
courage to speak for peace is essential to democracy.”

                          Howard Manly

                        Race + Equity Editor



                  Martin Luther King Jr.’s moral stance against the Vietnam 
War offers lessons on how to fight for peace in the Middle East
                  Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and 
Sciences

                  Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. knew the political 
consequences of speaking out against the Vietnam War − and he did it anyway.


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