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  • THE AWFUL GRACE OF GOD: Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. by [King, Martin Luther, Jr] Wexler, Stuart and Larry Hancock.
    [King, Martin Luther, Jr] Wexler, Stuart and Larry Hancock.
    THE AWFUL GRACE OF GOD: Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on "thousands of pages of declassified and never-before-released law enforcement files on the King murder,and dozens of interviews with figures of the period, this chronicles a multi-year effort to kill Martin Luther King Jr. by a group of the nations most violent right-wing extremists. . it examines figures like Sam Bowers, head of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi, responsible for more than three hundred separate acts of violence in Mississippi alone; and Reverend Wesley Swift, a religious demagogue who inspired two generations of violent extremists. United in a holy cause to kill King, this network of racist militants were the likely culprits behind James…

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    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on "thousands of pages of declassified and never-before-released law enforcement files on the King murder,and dozens of interviews with figures of the period, this chronicles a multi-year effort to kill Martin Luther King Jr. by a group of the nations most violent right-wing extremists. . it examines figures like Sam Bowers, head of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi, responsible for more than three hundred separate acts of violence in Mississippi alone; and Reverend Wesley Swift, a religious demagogue who inspired two generations of violent extremists. United in a holy cause to kill King, this network of racist militants were the likely culprits behind James Earl Ray and Kings assassination in Memphis on April 4th, 1968." Includes several appendices on open questions, key figures, timeline and more. Photographs. Notes, index. 439 pp. ISBN: 978-1582438306.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 91466
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  • Sandford, Robinson Rojas.
    THE MURDER OF ALLENDE and the End of the Chilean Way to Socialism.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: Harper & Row, (1976) dj. Hardcover - A balanced account of the Chilean coup of 1973 by the Chilean Army Commander-in-Chief Augusto Pinochet - a coup which unleashed a reign of terror on the civilian population. during which Salvador Allende, President of Chile, died - reportedly by suicide shortly after giving a radio speech to the Chilean people. Allende supporters have always believed he was assassinated. Translated from the Spanish by Andree Conrad. Maps. Extensive notes, index. x, 274 pp. ISBN: 0-060137487.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 91936
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