The Scourge of War and The Children of Vietnam
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The Photographic Essay by William Pepper on the Children of Vietnam that Martin Luther King first saw on January l4, l967. How Will We Challenge Militarism, Racism, and Extreme Materialism?
By David T. Ratcliffe
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This is an exposition of the photographic essay by William Pepperabout the children of Vietnam that Martin Luther King first saw on January l4, 1967.
Initially, while he hadn’t had a chance to read the text, it was the photographs that stopped him.
As Bernard Lee who was present at the time said, “Martin had known about the [Vietnam] war before then, of course, and had spoken out against it. But it was then that he decided to commit himself to oppose it.”
Pepper’s essay contains the most powerful creative energy on earth: truth force. It is as relevan...