Assassination of Malcolm X

By George Breitman and Baxter Smith

Book Overview

Exposes the cover-up surrounding the murder of Malcolm X and probes once-secret FBI files that shed light on the government's hostility to him and point toward its complicity in the crime. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873486323
• ISBN13: 9780873486323
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Pathfinder
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Murderous, Duplicitous Cover-up

This book lays bare the role of the U.S. government, New York City authorities, and capitalist news media in the killing of Malcolm X. Only the gullible did not suspect FBI and CIA involvement in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, the FBI was forced to reveal documents in 1974 regarding its sordid goal: to "prevent the rise of a `messiah.' "_____(expunged name) might have been such a `messiah'. He is the martyr of the movement today," read a FBI memo dated August 25, 1967. This book's analysis is crucial for those seeking the truth today. Suggested Other Reading: Cointelpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom, by Nelson Blackstock; New International No. 6: The Second Assassination of Maurice Bishop with "Washington's 50-year Domestic Contra Operation by Larry Seigle;" Malcolm X: The Last Speeches

Review of The Assassination of Malcolm X

This is what I thought of the book. I thought it was a good book, it was interesting to read. Basically, the book was about Malcolm's plans and his murder. He went to jail when he was young then became a Muslim. He eventually broke away from the Muslims and started his own movement. The police didn't like Malcolm or his organization of Negroes. He thought blacks and whites should be seperated. Unlike Martin Luther King, he believed in the violent approach. He was killed in a ballroom. The author wants to know the reason the police didn't look further into the investigation. That's what the book is written about.