On April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King delivered a speech, "Beyond Vietnam",  meticulously outlining the reasons for his public protest against the United State's war in Vietnam. The speech was to create a furor and many, who had previously supported MLK's work, turned against him.  He stated that he realized that "silence is betrayal" and that he had to speak out, even against the very administration that had been supporting his causes.