"A VOICE OF REASON FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE...-- A Time to Break Silence"

The eery simularities between the social, economic and civil dynamics taking place during the Vietnam War and the current War on Terror are striking.

Many of the supporters of the civil rights movement question Dr. Kings motives in shifting the focus from civil rights to a anti war stance.

" "Why are you speaking about the war, Dr. King?" "Why are you joining the voices of dissent?" "Peace and civil rights don't mix," they say. "Aren't you hurting the cause of your people," they ask?

And when I hear them, though I often understand the source of their concern, I am nevertheless greatly saddened, for such questions mean that the inquirers have not really known me, my commitment or my calling. Indeed, their questions suggest that they do not know the world in which they live." http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm