Vietnam: A Television History; Martin Luther King on Vietnam War

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This business of burning human beings with napalm failing on nation's homes with our friends and widow of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of people is not a humane. Sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically Doraine cannot be reconciled with wisdom justice and a nation that continues you know after you just spend more money on military defends than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.
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Series
Vietnam: A Television History
Raw Footage
Martin Luther King on Vietnam War
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-gq6qz22m1f
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Description
Description
Martin Luther King speaking on anti- war stand. "This business of burning humans with napalm... a nation spending more on military than social is approaching spiritual death."
Date
1967-04-04
Date
1967-04-04
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
Global Affairs
War and Conflict
Subjects
civil rights leaders; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Peace movements--United States
Rights
Rights Note:,Rights:,Rights Credit:CBS News,Rights Type:,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:CBS News
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:01:48
Credits
Distributor: CBS News
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Speaker2: King, Martin Luther, Jr.
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-55b2ab67f36 (unknown)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:01:08
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Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Martin Luther King on Vietnam War,” 1967-04-04, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 13, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-gq6qz22m1f.
MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Martin Luther King on Vietnam War.” 1967-04-04. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 13, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-gq6qz22m1f>.
APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Martin Luther King on Vietnam War. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-gq6qz22m1f