We must stand, and we must speak

Excerpted from Martin Luther King Jr's sermon, "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam" at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967. If you can only read one thing today - I urge you to read not just what I've excerpted here, but read or listen to the entire sermon. We need this kind of straight-forward, truth-to-power, love-filled preaching today.



I preach to you today on the war in Vietnam because my conscience leaves me with no other choice. The time has come for America to hear the t...