"Dr. King to Weigh Civil Disobedience if War Intensifies." New
York Times, April 2, 1967, p. 1, 76.
In a preview of Martin Luther King's Riverside Church speech, given
only two days after the article's publication (in fact the article
has an announcement of the event), King spoke of his primary concerns
with American involvement in Vietnam. In an interview with John Herbers
of the New York Times while attending a S.C.L.C. Board of Directors
meeting, he spoke of his fears of a third world war involving China,
his moral obligation to oppose all forms of violence, and the draining
of funds from social programs into the war machine. All were reiterated
during the Riverside Church speech. In addition, King spoke of the shift
in his strategy from strictly civil rights to a more radical notion of
economic redistribution (including a guaranteed annual wage). "This, I
feel, is much more difficult than the period we have gone through."
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