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Judas Factor: The Plot to Kill Malcolm X

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This book is so well written, it, should be taught in high schools to teach teenagers about investigative reporting. Evanzz brings it all together the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammed, the FBI, Malcolm X, and the world at his death into the middle of your heart. You will never forget a single fact or surprising circumstance. A must read.

THE JUDAS FACTOR is a good read. Especially with regards to Malcolm's international work during the last year of his life, when he was trying to unite non-white nations in bringing the United States up on human rights violations to the U.N. Evanzz's assasination theory just amounts to a good guess, but it is certainly interesting, and certainly quite plausible. I have seen one FBI document, in the book THE COINTELPRO PAPERS, in which the FBI clearly takes credit for causing the rift between Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad. In his Autobiography, Malcolm talks about FBI infiltration in the NOI, then later, he talks of false rumors being spread within the higher cirlces of the NOI that Malcolm was planning to take over-- exactly the kind of thing COINTELPRO provocateurs would have been proud of. So, it's quite possible that the FBI had infiltrators in the higher circles of the NOI who could have instigated the assasination plot.

Karl Evanzz does a wonderful job putting together this book. I found out information about the NOI that I was unaware of. For example, the murders that were committed by some of their members even after Malcolm X was assassinated. Mr. Evanzz also did a good job showing the CIA and FBI's involvement in Malcolm's life and affairs. Furthermore, he shows their role in the elimination of African revolutionary leaders. This book also has great references and an outstanding bibliography. Fantastic book.

I read anything about Malcolm X I can get my hands on; he still lives in my heart. This book is extremely well written w/a broad scope. This one will never leave my library. A must.

Very interesting perspective on Malcolm X's assassination. Karl Evanzz provides (for the most part) an objective portrait of Malcolm, his followers and his enemies. The author creates a very logical connection in establishing a conspiracy theory about the assassination (then again, every conspiracy book is logical in a way even the outrageous ones). I would recommend this book to readers who want to be challenged and want to stop and think.

If you really want to understand Malcolm X, the NOI and all the events between the two this is the book to read.

I have always wanted to read this book. I first read a potion of it in 95, since then i have been looking for this book to own for myself. I borrowed the one i read in the 90s.

This is an excellent read for anyone wanting to get a perspective on Malcolm X's death. Most understand how duplicitous the U.S. government was during the 60's and earlier. Karl Evanzz does an excellent job gathering the historical facts surrounding Malcolm's death, which include Key Players that were close to Malcolm (i.e., Elijah Muhammad, John Ali, Louis Farrakhan). The gathered facts also include J Edgar Hoover, Robert Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson as Key Players in the death of Malcolm X. While Johnson and Kennedy may be minor players, Hoover was definitely the main character who was already pretty familiar with Elijah Muhammad prior to Malcom X's memebership into the Nation of Islam (NOI). Once Hoover sank his teeth into the NOI through informants in key places and feeding misinformation about key NOI people to its own people and the media, Elijah Muhammad and the NOI soon began to disintegrate into an organization feeding on itself for survival. After reading "The Judas Factor...", you too may conclude that removing Malcolm could have been an attempt to preserve the NOI by Elijah Muhammad as well as a plan by Hoover to neutralize the NOI as an organization that will not be politically viable for Blacks within the American Borders nor politically viable for Blacks, Africans, or Asians outside of the American Borders. All-in-all, this book is an excellent read. I would have given it five stars but it did not have any information on what happened to John Ali X. He, being a principle player in the NOI, seems to have disappeared from the scene without a trace.

To idolize Malcolm X, and to see his fight and struggle on both sides, really open my eyes to alot of his pain. I felt for him.

I have never been a huge fan of Malcolm X. With the recent interest in his legacy, it made sense to read some of the other things said about him. This books points out some of the reasons that many may not have liked him, and what purpose they had for their deeds