"Three evils: poverty, racism, war" - Martin Luther King Jr (1967)

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Martin Luther King Jr connects US imperialism and war-making in Vietnam to the violent racism and impoverishment of Black and colonized people within the United States.

Music: "Another Holy Man" - Floyd Westerman Red Crow (1988)

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0:00.0	There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi.
0:08.0	Would not bow down, he would not buy.
0:10.0	He knew the deal was down in dirty.
0:19.0	Nothing wrong could make it right away,
0:22.0	but he knew his duty and the price he had to pay.
0:31.0	Just another holy man dared to be a friend.
0:38.0	My God, they killed him. Hill. Another man from Atlanta, Georgia.
0:47.0	The name of Martin Luther King,
0:55.0	Shook the land like rolling thunder.
1:00.0	Made the bell of freedom ring that day but his dream of duty that they could not burn away
1:12.2	just another Just another holy man
1:15.0	holy man
1:18.0	but dare to be a friend
1:21.0	I got the cute head.
1:29.0	Another man called Christ all money. call Christ Almighty, the only one called Jesus Christ.
1:37.0	He'll the name and fed the hungry.
1:42.0	He'll be named in fact fed the hungry.
1:45.0	For his love they took his life away on the road to glory
1:50.0	where the story never end.
1:55.0	Just another holy man.
1:59.0	Dare to be a friend.
2:02.0	My God, they killed him
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