On April 4, 1967, a year to the day before his assassination, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the Riverside Church in New York City about Vietnam.

Here’s a written transcript of that speech, and here is an audio link:

Yesterday, the candidate I intend to support for next year’s Democratic nomination for President spoke at the same place. Here are excerpts of what he said, and here’s a video preview of the speech:

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