A Time to Break Silence: By Rev. Martin Luther King

"By 1967, King had become the country's most prominent opponent of the Vietnam War, and a staunch critic of overall U.S. foreign policy, which he deemed militaristic. In his "Beyond Vietnam" speech delivered at New York's Riverside Church on April 4, 1967 -- a year to the day before he was murdered -- King called the United States "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."

"Time magazine called the speech "demagogic slander that sounded like a script for Radio Hanoi," and the Washington Post declared that King had "diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, his people."

Today he'd be accused of siding with the terrorists. He was constantly vilified and derided by the very people and institutions that are about heap praise upon him during February, the one month a year when the media suddenly remembers there are notable blacks who are creative, brave, honorable, influential, independant, prosperous, and most importantly, who are non-criminals, non-crack addicts, non-welfare dependant, and who did not just accept their expected place in society.

In a few weeks, you'll be listening and watching hypocritical media personalities place on pedestals, those same people they put so much effort into trying to crush at the time. They'll conveniently forget to mention their participation in the promotion of white supremacy, that's still alive and well today.

The speech from MLK jr, is about our activities in Vietnam, but can easily be substituted for the events of today. The page includes a link to an audio MP3, but as of this posting, it appears to be dead. I hope they fix it, I'd like to hear him. Anyway, the full text is on the page, so at least you can read it for yourself.