dr. vincent harding. has been described as the most important civil rights leader not everyone has heard of. and this holiday special, we hear dr. harding in his own words and plan excerpt of martin luther king historic speech against the war in vietnam, which vincent harding wrote. >> we must move past indecision. we must find new ways to speak for peace in vietnam and justice throughout the developing world. on our doors.ders if we do not act, we shall long, be dragged down the dark, and shameful corridors of time. and for those for power without compassion, might without morality and strength without sight. >> vincent harding and martin luther king for the hour. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today we spend the hour remembering the pioneering historian, theologian, and peace activist dr. vincent harding. he died may 19 at the age of 82. he was a close adviser to dr. martin luther king and wrote king's famous antiwar sp

as we end the show, remembering vincent harding, who died on monday at the age of 82. he was a friend and speechwriter for drrtin luther king and wrote the draft for the famous antiwar address beyond vietnam. speaking in 2008, he talked about the speech. >> there was a great deal of struggle within the community .round martin about the speech even more about the speech, about what position king should take in relationship to what our country was doing in vietnam and what our country seemed intending to do all over the .orld but it is important to recognize that came saw these issues, not simply as what we call foreign-policy issues. pastor. most deeply a king saul these issues in terms of what they were doing to the poorest, weakest, most vulnerable people in this country, as well as what they were doing to the poor of other countries, particularly, in this case, vietnam. asg did not see himself separating his attention from this country and turning it overseas. king saw the natural connection between what was happening to , why young the usa men and women were rising up in anger, frustration, desperation, s