The Awful Grace of God

Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Military, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Stuart Wexler, Larry Hancock ISBN: 9781619020757
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: March 20, 2012
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Stuart Wexler, Larry Hancock
ISBN: 9781619020757
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: March 20, 2012
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

An in-depth examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination using declassified documents to reveal a secret right-wing terrorist network.

The Awful Grace of God examines America’s most violent right-wing extremists, including Sam Bowers, head of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi; J.B. Stoner, founder of the National States’ Rights Party; and Reverend Wesley Swift, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian, who are the likely culprits behind the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Hancock and Wexler have sifted through thousands of pages of newly declassified law enforcement files on the King murder, conducted dozens of interviews with figures of the period, and re-examined information from several recent cold case investigations. Their research shed new light on the terrorist network built by these racist militant groups. The data they found—previously unavailable to congressional investigators—as well as the new data-mining techniques they employed will provide a roadmap for future investigation.

“A timely study.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A step in the [right] direction of a better understanding of a national tragedy.” —Booklist

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An in-depth examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination using declassified documents to reveal a secret right-wing terrorist network.

The Awful Grace of God examines America’s most violent right-wing extremists, including Sam Bowers, head of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi; J.B. Stoner, founder of the National States’ Rights Party; and Reverend Wesley Swift, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian, who are the likely culprits behind the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Hancock and Wexler have sifted through thousands of pages of newly declassified law enforcement files on the King murder, conducted dozens of interviews with figures of the period, and re-examined information from several recent cold case investigations. Their research shed new light on the terrorist network built by these racist militant groups. The data they found—previously unavailable to congressional investigators—as well as the new data-mining techniques they employed will provide a roadmap for future investigation.

“A timely study.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A step in the [right] direction of a better understanding of a national tragedy.” —Booklist

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