Question

Do you believe there was a relationship between the war in Vietnam and the civil

Answer 1

Yes.

Of course there was. People at home were tired of sending the sons and daughters to places where the objectives were not clear and watching them come home in body bags. It was a very unpleasant time.

And who were the children in the body bags? Many came from poor rural areas who believed what they were told about the reason for being in Vietnam. Martin Luther King spoke about this though not often. He surely knew it. By then (Vietnam) it was apparent to the black movement that there were two classes of people and one was fighting for the other and getting very little for doing.

It was a confusing time when morals were coming from opposite points of view and both were correct.

The Black community saw clearly that the casualties involving blacks represented more than the 16% they represented in the general population and they were tired of things like the Jim Crow laws, which you can search out for yourself.