<span>Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States (1789), transferred this power to Congress; "The Congress shall have power...To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures".</span>
On April 4, 1967 while in New York City, King delivered a speech titled "Beyond Vietnam," since this the Vietnam War was a point of high contention between King and his followers.
