{"product_id":"an-act-of-state-isbn-9781844672851","title":"An Act of State","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow 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.“We recommend this important book to everyone who seeks the truth about Dr. King’s assassination.”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Coretta Scott King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Passionate, disturbing, and well-researched.”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Within the first chapter, An Act of State presents enough circumstantial evidence to raise questions about Ray’s involvement as the sole assassin.”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Pepper has gathered an impressive array of testimony and evidence that, even to determined skeptics, throws a major doubt over the state’s case against James Earl Ray.”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “No one has done more than Dr William F. Pepper to keep alive the quest for truth concerning the violent death of Martin Luther King.”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ramsey Clark, US Attorney General, 1967–69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam F. Pepper\u003c\/b\u003e is an English barrister and an American lawyer. He practices international human rights law from the US and from London, and has convened a seminar on international human rights at Oxford University. He has represented governments and heads of state, and has appeared as an expert on international law issues. He is the author of four other books and numerous articles.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301613293797,"sku":"NP9781844672851","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844672851_cb05dbc8-89d0-400d-ad30-21117598bd33.jpg?v=1742924614","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/an-act-of-state-isbn-9781844672851","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}