Some of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most iconic speeches and marches were devoted to ending war, dismantling nuclear weapons, and bringing economic justice—a multifaceted view on human rights which still inspires today
, over objections from Southern lawmakers, President Ronald Reagan finally signed a bill creating the holiday into law and the first celebrations of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day took place in January 1986—although it would take another decade for states such as Arizona and South Carolina to follow suit.
King made clear the connection between the Black freedom struggle and the need for nuclear disarmament, writes nuclear studies and African American history expert Vincent Intondi in the book. King argued that it would be “rather absurd” to integrate schools and lunch counters but not be concerned with world peace and survival.
As part of King’s advocacy for peace and nuclear disarmament, he condemned the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the U.S. government had carried out more than a decade earlier to effectively end World War II. Today, Hiroshima isOn April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. walks through the halls of Riverside Church in New York City making edits to his"Beyond Vietnam" speech.
He tempered his criticism for the next two years to avoid diminishing the impact of his civil rights work, but by 1967, King was active in the anti-war sphere again,before he went on to make his most notable speech on the matter a few days later on April 4.
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