The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Letter from Charles E. Waring to Mr. Paul HarveyCharles Waring presents ways to prevent the spread of communism around the world. He also questions previous decisions by the United States government and speculates how the outcome would have been different in various conflicts. |
Letter from Mrs. Robert Hall to MLKMrs. Hall suggests a letter writing campaign for young people as a more effective and less intimidating means of demonstrating than petitions and marches. |
Senator Mark Hatfield Address on VietnamIn this address to the Harvard Young Republicans Club about the Vietnam War, Senator Mark O. Hatfield provides historical background on the conflict, defines the driving force of Ho Chi Minh as nationalism not Communism, and recounts the numerous times the U.S. has spurned overtures to negotiate a settlement. He proposes a political settlement after a suspension of bombing and de-escalation of the war. Hatfield first publicly opposed the Vietnam War as Governor of Oregon; he was the first prominent Republican to express opposition. |
Telegram from Mark O. Hatfield to MLKMark Hatfield declines an invitation from Dr. King due to other commitments. |