Martin_Luther_King

Martin Luther King Three Points in Dr Kings Speech One of the major points that Martin Luther King brought up in his speech was the Vietnamese point of view. He stated that they must look at the U.S as hypocrites who didn’t want them free(853). When the Vietnamese tried to claim their independence in 1945 we only made things worse for them. Instead of helping them we paid the majority of French military fees to regain control of Vietnam. Even when the French were defeated we added to their woes by supporting Premier Diem. Diem was against peace discussions with the North. He also supported landlords who drained their tenants’ money. When the people tried to rebel the U.S sent more troops to back up Premier Diem. Martin Luther King also brought up the point of how the war affected Americas poor. The Poverty Program was meant to help the less fortunate build up. When the Vietnam War started the program was neglected. America concentrated more on war than helping the poor advance. In the paragraph King states that minorities were dying in high numbers compared to the other U.S soldiers(851). Most of king, martin, luther, world, war, vietnamese, tried, speech, solve, revolution, point, less, diem, america, violent, violence, vietnam, spoke, side, program, problems, premier, poor, points, people, outcast, north, militarism, make, major, helping, french, fortunate, even, couldn’t