Chicagoist Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr. (Part 3)

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 17, 2011 7:20PM

Kevin tipped us off to this next video, in which Dr. King speaks to the Local 1199 hospital workers and health care employees union in 1968. Dr. King's speech is very pointed here, as he criticizes the war in Vietnam and asks why government can't fight poverty and unemployment with the same zeal they fought Communism.