Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech at Riverside Church — a year to the day before his assassination — called for a “radical revolution of values.” At the Network and the Modjeska Simkins School, we are working to manifest his vision.

Dr. King said, “I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives, and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”“Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence,” considered King’s most controviersial speech, is worth revisiting.

This link takes you to an audio recording and a transcript.