The quote below comes from a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1967: We were taking the young black men who had been crippled by our society and sending them eight thousand miles away to guarantee liberties, which they had not found in Southwest Georgia and East Harlem. ... We have been repeatedly faced with the cruel irony of watching Negro and white boys on TV screens as they kill and die together for a nation that has been unable to seat them in the same schools. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.#Opposition_to_the_Vietnam_War Which statement summarizes
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.#Opposition_to_the_Vietnam_War Which statement summarizes King's feeling about the Vietnam War? a. The United States must fight a distant war to protect the United States. b. The Vietnam War has caused inequality in the United States. c. The Vietnam War should not be broadcast on national television. d. The United States must address inequality at home rather fighting abroad.
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B - he stated there was already inequality at home, Vietnam War did not cause that C - never said that A - clearly said that the war was just making Vietnam another colony for America. D. Here is a key quote: "King also opposed the Vietnam War because it took money and resources that could have been spent on social welfare at home". Falls right in line with this answer
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