By 1965, King had made selected and limited criticisms of aspects of US
foreign policy, but with the violence of the war increasing, King began
to feel a need to comment and intervene. Advisors cautioned him against
engaging the issue, as “polls showed that a majority of both black and
white Americans supported the war”. Nevertheless, King made a speech
calling for negotiations between the US and North Vietnam, and called
for a halt to US bombing.
