The Assassination of Malcolm X [Paperback]

George Breitman (Author), Herman Porter (Author), Baxter Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1991

Exposes the cover-up surrounding the murder of Malcolm X and probes once-secret FBI files that shed light on the government's hostility to him and point toward its complicity in the crime. Index, Chronology, Photos.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The authors collaborate to "raise the question of police/government collaboration in the assassination and to call for a new investigation…As part of their proof, an FBI counterintelligence directive on the subject of Black militant groups is appended." --Booklist, March 1977

Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Pathfinder Press; 3rd edition (April 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873486323
• ISBN-13: 978-0873486323
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,416,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #84 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( M ) > Malcolm X

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Against the political and physical murder of Malcolm X, July 4, 2002

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Tony Thomas (SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Assassination of Malcolm X (Paperback)

This book combines on the spot reporting of the murder of Malcolm X that exposes the flaws in the NYPD's claims about the murder with a look back at the murder taken after COINTELPRO, the FBI's campaign against the civil rights, antiwar, and other progressive movements which included following and disrupting the life of Malcolm X. This is combined with political defense of Malcolm's ideas and his course of struggle in the time after he broke with the Muslims. For those who think the NYPD and the FBI are heroes, and who think that the US government should not be feared in regard to protecting the civil liberties of people in struggle, this is the book to read!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Murderous, Duplicitous Cover-up, December 19, 2005

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Andrew Pulley (Earlham Iowa US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Assassination of Malcolm X (Paperback)

This book lays bare the role of the U.S. government, New York City authorities, and capitalist news media in the killing of Malcolm X.

Only the gullible did not suspect FBI and CIA involvement in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, the FBI was forced to reveal documents in 1974 regarding its sordid goal: to "prevent the rise of a `messiah.' "_____(expunged name) might have been such a `messiah'. He is the martyr of the movement today," read a FBI memo dated August 25, 1967. This book's analysis is crucial for those seeking the truth today.

Suggested Other Reading: Cointelpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom, by Nelson Blackstock;
New International No. 6: The Second Assassination of Maurice Bishop with "Washington's 50-year Domestic Contra Operation by Larry Seigle;" Malcolm X: The Last Speeches

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of The Assassination of Malcolm X, November 13, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Assassination of Malcolm X (Paperback)

This is what I thought of the book. I thought it was a good book, it was interesting to read. Basically, the book was about Malcolm's plans and his murder. He went to jail when he was young then became a Muslim. He eventually broke away from the Muslims and started his own movement. The police didn't like Malcolm or his organization of Negroes. He thought blacks and whites should be seperated. Unlike Martin Luther King, he believed in the violent approach. He was killed in a ballroom. The author wants to know the reason the police didn't look further into the investigation. That's what the book is written about.