{"product_id":"an-act-of-state-william-f-pepper-9781786635976","title":"An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis definitive account of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination collects \"an impressive array of testimony and evidence\" to offer a new perspective on the conspiracy that changed the course of American history (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"We recommend this important book to everyone who seeks the truth about Dr. King's assassination.\" --Coretta Scott King \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eOn April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was in Memphis to support a workers' strike. As night fell, army snipers took up position; military officers surveilled the scene from a nearby roof; and their accomplice, restaurant-owner Loyd Jowers, was ready to remove the murder weapon. When the dust had settled, King had been shot and a cleanup operation was in motion--James Earl Ray was framed, the crime scene was destroyed, and witnesses were killed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It would take William F. Pepper, attorney and friend of King, thirty years to get to the bottom of a conspiracy that changed the course of American history. In 1999, the King family, represented by the author, brought a civil action lawsuit against Loyd Jowers and other co-conspirators. Seventy witnesses set out the details of a plot that involved J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, Richard Helms and the CIA, the US military, the Memphis police, and organized crime. The jury took an hour to find for the King family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now fifty years after MLK's execution, \u003ci\u003eAn Act of State\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the bloody depths to which the US government will descend to repress a movement for change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William F. Pepper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786635976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786635976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"William F. Pepper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938076721407,"sku":"9781786635976","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f7efb52a-3d18-4d48-89ac-83fb65010ee0.jpg?v=1681433592","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-act-of-state-william-f-pepper-9781786635976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}