.... even as he & his own were among the opressed.

".... what about Vietnam? They asked if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted. Their questions hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government ....".
- Dr. King: "Beyond Vietnam" (1967) Speech at Riverside Church in New York City (1967-04-04)

".... There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, "Be nonviolent toward Jim Clark," but will curse and damn you when you say, "Be nonviolent toward little brown Vietnamese children." There is something wrong with that press. ....
And as I ponder the madness of Vietnam and search within myself for ways to understand and respond in compassion, my mind goes constantly to the people of that peninsula ....".
- Dr. King: Speech on Vietnam, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia (1967-04-30)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

He and Ralph Abernathy moved people like I had never seen and had us all singing "We shall overcome someday".

Never will forget it.

If you ever have a chance to see the leaders of your day in your area, take the time to check it out...better than any traveling or anything else you'll ever do.

God bless Martin Luther King.