On June 11, 1963, monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself at a busy Saigon intersection to protest President Ngô Đình Diệm’s persecution of Buddhists. The iconic ph

On June 11, 1963, monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself at a busy Saigon intersection to protest President Ngô Đình Diệm’s persecution of Buddhists. The iconic photograph of his unwavering, meditative pose shocked the global conscience, accelerating the political crisis that ultimately led to Diệm's a…