Martin Luther King Jr.'s Opposition to the War in Vietnam

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and in moments of comfort, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy” (Martin Luther King Jr.). The purpose of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Opposition to the War in Vietnam is to investigate and describe King’s involvement within the Vietnam War and the critical responses that followed. His speaking out against the conflict was not spontaneous; he deliberated two years before doing so. A...