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Matthew 25 Initiative to show MLK speech
Listen to and discuss Martin Luther King’s
Submitted by First Presbyterian Church
May. 15, 2024 11:38 am
MT. PLEASANT — The Matthew 25 Initiative invites the public to attend a showing of Martin Luther King’s Beyond Vietnam speech followed by discussion.
On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther Kind addressed the Riverside Church in New York City. Beyond Vietnam was his first major speech on the war in Vietnam — what the Vietnamese aptly call the American War. King linked the escalating U.S. commitment to that war with its abandonment of the commitment to social justice at home.
At this event, Wednesday, May 22 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, attendees will listen to the speech followed by a community discussion on its relevance in today’s world.
