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An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King Hardcover – January 17, 2003
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The conviction of James Earl Ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when William Pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justice. At a civil trial in 1999, supported by the King family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy Pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that Ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involved.
An Act of State lays out the extraordinary facts of the King story—of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truth. As shocking as it is tragic, An Act of State remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how King’s challenge to the US establishment led inexorably to his murder.
- Print length336 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherVerso
- Publication dateJanuary 17, 2003
- Dimensions0.64 x 0.12 x 0.84 inches
- ISBN-101859846955
- ISBN-13978-1859846957
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“No one has done more than Dr. William F. Pepper to keep alive the quest for the truth concerning the violent death of Martin Luther King who in courageous and important words once said ‘The greatest purveyor of violence on earth is my own government.’ In An Act of State, Bill pepper argues that very government violence was turned on America’s greatest prophet of non-violent change.”—Ramsey Clark, US Attorney General, 1967-1969
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- Publisher : Verso (January 17, 2003)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1859846955
- ISBN-13 : 978-1859846957
- Item Weight : 1.36 pounds
- Dimensions : 0.64 x 0.12 x 0.84 inches
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This book seeks to provide actual evidence where possible, and corroborating testimony where possible, rather than just theories and "maybes". Most people in this country will not have heard this additional information. Most people in this country will not have known that there was a civil trial. Of course, most people in this country don't even know who was accused of killing King.
I disagree with some of the authors historical perspective on the swapping of religious power for economic over the ears of history, but I am no scholar, so that will just have to remain my opinion.
This book is much more than a "conspiracy theory" text. It should be regarded as historically important information that should be provided to all citizens.
I won't try to tie it in with JFK, but there are similarities and a couple of things that will remind you of that coup d'état.
It was proven in a US court of law that there was a conspiracy to execute Martin Luther King. The King family won a judgment from Lloyd Jowers, the only actual perp they could prove in court was part of that conspiracy. That a conspiracy existed was proven and is beyond reproach. That it was quickly forgotten by the mainstream media is as yet a mystery and unexplainable to me. 5 star work for content, however, 3 star for readability as you can tell that the writer is a lawyer: his facts and figures are jumbled and confused (much like a stream of consciousness) UNTIL he starts describing the court case, whereupon it becomes clearer and easier to read as he walks us through the testimony that arrives at the conclusion which Kings family knew from the start, which is the shocking yet proven idea that Ray was a patsy and that the US government had King murdered.



