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  • The Rise of the Liberal Hawks 

    The Rise of the Liberal Hawks 

    Introduction: Thousands of people gathered to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak in 1967 at Harlem’s Riverside Church, spilling out the doors as far as 120th Street. King criticized the Vietnam War in front of the public because it had “broken and eviscerated” the domestic civil rights and anti-poverty movements.   “The largest purveyor of violence…