Dr. King on violence and war

New York Amsterdam News;  April 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. than the war now raging in Iraq. A drum major...oppose the jangling discords of war, which Dr. King did without hesitation or reservation...Why are you speaking about war, Dr. King? Why are you joining the voices...

The war for rights: Couple sees important lessons in King's perspective on...

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  January 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......civil rights into politics and war. It was something King struggled with before addressing...Jarrett and others who oppose the war in Iraq say King's position then could not be...would be far better improved. King also saw the war as a cruel manipulation of...

Anti-War Activists Join King Jr. March

AP Online;  April 4, 2003 ;     283 words ......carried signs reading: Remember King. Oppose Racism, War and Terrorism and Keep the dream alive. Find an alternative to war and destruction. King, a champion of nonviolent social...peace, had opposed the Vietnam War. Dr. King was concerned about a war in...

King's Anti-War Views Remembered

AP Online;  April 4, 2003 ;     529 words ......dumb missions. With America at war with Iraq, King's campaigns for nonviolent social...Bond, who also opposed the Vietnam War. Dr. King is a constant reference for today's problems, including war. King was in Memphis to lead a garbage...

Bush, King Jr. opposite in their opinions about war

Yakima Herald-Republic;  January 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......their legacy of words: KING: We must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who...that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace. KING: The chain reaction of...are with the terrorists. KING: War is a poor chisel to carve...

Don't forget Martin Luther King's anti-war message

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  January 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......01-23-2008 Don't forget Martin Luther King's anti-war message Byline: Greg Kesich Editorial...wish. AHEAD OF HIS TIME But as King saw 41 years ago, war and the economy are linked. Vietnam...poor and to attack it as such." King's anti-war declaration was delivered at...

Anti-war demonstrators join march to remember Martin Luther King on...

AP Worldstream;  April 4, 2003 ;     289 words ......carried signs reading: Remember King. Oppose Racism, War and Terrorism and Keep the dream alive. Find an alternative to war and destruction. King, a champion of nonviolent social...peace, had opposed the Vietnam War. Dr. King was concerned about a war in...

Thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King as we march vs. war

New York Beacon, The;  February 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......pending aggressive war with Iraq, walk side by side with him. On King's birthday, we rarely...But it is the real King that those of us marching...against the pending war, walk alongside. Throughout...moral call against war. Certainly King had a moral objection to the war, but ...

REV. KING ON ENDING WAR.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 15, 2007 ;     310 words ......at the height of the Vietnam War, King said, I want to say one other...must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels...Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind...because today we're fighting a war. Though even some of his supporters...him to ...

Can we learn from King's views on war?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 19, 2004 ;     661 words ......Raspberry Can we learn from King's views on war? By WILLIAM RASPBERRY...the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 1967 "Declaration...Independence from the War in Vietnam" as a commentary...fomenting a latter-day holy war. Finally, King's sermon has a word for...

THOSE WHO KNEW KING RECALL HIS REACTION TO WAR

Post-Tribune (IN);  January 21, 1991 ;     700+ words ......asked people who knew King to speculate about his feelings on the war with Iraq. "I think...represent the tree." "Dr. King was strongly against the Vietnam War because of the gross...said Hall. "He saw war as something devastating...mankind." However, King was concerned with...

Thinking Of Martin Luther King Jr. As We March Against War

Atlanta Inquirer;  February 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......pending aggressive war with Iraq, walk side by side with him. On King's birthday, we rarely...But it is the real king that those of us marching...against the pending war, walk alongside. Throughout...moral call against war. Certainly King had a moral objection to the war, but ...

Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. as We March Against War

Los Angeles Sentinel;  February 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......pending aggressive war with Iraq, walk side by side with him. On King's birthday, we rarely...But it is the real King that those of us marching...against the pending war, walk alongside. Throughout...moral call against war. Certainly King had a moral objection to the war, but ...

Martin Luther King Jr.: Love not war

Washington Afro-American;  January 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to end this illegal and immoral war." Though King's criticism of the Vietnam War was...plaything of a society gone mad on war," King said. "I knew that America would...for his foresight in resisting the war. King's stance on the Vietnam War was...

King would oppose U.S. war against Iraq, Fauntroy says

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 14, 1991 ;     263 words ...Tomorrow, a day when war could break out in...birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the United States...there," Fauntroy said. King, who would have been...denounced the Vietnam War. He won the 1964 Nobel...never a reason for war," said the Rev. Michael...pastor. "You can't war yourself ...