Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam
1970 · Black Forum BF-451 · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Title
- Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam
- Release
- Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Black Forum # BF-451
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Spoken Word · Speech
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Martin Luther King, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 January 1929, took a leading role in the 1960s civil rights movement, receiving a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for promoting non-violence to fight racial inequality. He delivered his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream" on 28 August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. - see the LP The Great March on Washington. He died on 4 April 1968, assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Exactly one year earlier, on 4 April 1967, he delivered his most controversial speech, "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" at Riverside Church in New York, in which he took a strong position against the war, opposing the policies of President Johnson. He shortly followed this up with the speech "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam", delivered at Ebenezar Baptist Church Atlanta, Georgia, on 16 April 1967, featured on this record. Released by Black Forum Records (# BF-451), a spoken-word sub-label of Motown Records. They also released the documentary LP Guess Who's Coming Home: Black Fighting Men Recorded in Vietnam. In 1971 this posthumously won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. King's opposition to the Vietnam War can be traced back to…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
Martin Luther King, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 January 1929, took a leading role in the 1960s Civil Rights movement, receiving a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for promoting non-violence to fight racial inequality. He delivered his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream" on 28 August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. - see the LP The Great March on Washington. He died on 4 April 1968, assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Exactly one year earlier, on 4 April 1967, he delivered his most controversial speech, "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" at Riverside Church in New York, in which he took a strong position against the war, opposing the policies of President Johnson. He shortly followed this up with the speech "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam", delivered at Ebenezar Baptist Church Atlanta, Georgia, on 16 April 1967, featured on this record. Released by Black Forum Records (# BF-451), a spoken-word sub-label of Motown Records. They also released the documentary LP Guess Who's Coming Home: Black Fighting Men Recorded in Vietnam. In 1971 this posthumously won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. King's opposition to the Vietnam War can be traced back to…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Died 4 April 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. (Speech delivered on 16 April 1967, at Ebenezar Baptist Church Atlanta, Georgia)
Themes
Anti-War · Civil Rights · Napalm · MLK