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    In his 1967 speech "Beyond Vietnam", Martin Luther King Jr. argues that the United States should end its involvement in the Vietnam War. King believes continuing the war is hypocritical given the racial inequality still facing America. He uses first-person pronouns to connect his message to his moral beliefs and vivid imagery to depict the gruesome deaths of soldiers. King's overall goal is to unite Americans against the war and racism, while also demonstrating his leadership to inspire ending both issues.

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    In his 1967 speech "Beyond Vietnam", Martin Luther King Jr. argues that the United States should end its involvement in the Vietnam War. King believes continuing the war is hypocritical given the racial inequality still facing America. He uses first-person pronouns to connect his message to his moral beliefs and vivid imagery to depict the gruesome deaths of soldiers. King's overall goal is to unite Americans against the war and racism, while also demonstrating his leadership to inspire ending both issues.

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    Drew Cassino

    Mrs. Mitchko

    AP Lang B

    21 November 2022

    Beyond Vietnam

    In his Beyond Vietnam (1967) speech to the Riverside Church, civil rights activist Martin

    Luther King Jr. divulges that the United States should not continue to fight in Vietnam because it

    is hypocritical of the inequality faced in America. King defends his declaration with the

    repetition of “I”, to show how his recent actions reflect on his beliefs and morals, as well as his

    use of imagery to depict how soldiers were needlessly dying gruesome deaths, and he appeals to

    his audience's sense of honor; “there will be no doubt in my mind and in the mind of the world

    that we have no honorable intentions in Vietnam”. King’s purpose is to unite the American

    people through their common resentment of the war and demonstrate his capabilities as a civil

    rights leader in order to inspire them to end the racism in their nation as well as stop the war in

    Vietnam. King employs a disheartened yet stern tone to appeal to his audience of young,

    empowered, Americans who are influential on the next government's decisions to continue the

    fighting, and to encourage them to go forward with fairness towards all races.

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