PDF The Judas Factor: The Plot to Kill Malcolm X by Karl Evanzz in History

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A lot more than just the plot to kill Malcolm X.By Richard GearonThis is an excellent book on this important subject. Persons with strong ties to the Nation of Islam hated Malcolm X and murdered him; but this was after the CIA and FBI had played some "dirty tricks" on Malcolm and Elijah Muhammad. The FBI's COINTELPRO was what forced the schism to develop between those two men; which led; inexorably; to Malcolm's murder. The book reads almost like a crime novel; you know he's going to die; but who's going to do it? That part of the book is well worth the cost of buying it and the time to read it; but the history of the NOI; and their beliefs; particularly about "Master Wallace Fard Muhammad;" the founder of the group; is an unexpected bonus. This man; who had five aliases just in Detroit; and another one in Los Angeles; was a WHITE man who convinced a bunch of black people that he; too; was black. His real name was "Ford;" but now the Black Muslims say that the white guy who was arrested in L.A.; for armed robbery; and sent to San Quentin Prison; was a bloody impostor; and not Allah (God) in the flesh; as they claim "Fard" was. Unfortunately; there aren't any pictures in this book. I have a book on my back; metaphorically speaking; but I still like to look at pictures; like the ones in the biography of Elijah Muhammad which show him; along with George Lincoln Rockwell; the head (fuhrer) of the American Nazi Party; with several members of his Storm Troopers; all in Nazi regalia; at a service presided over by Elijah Muhammad in his Chicago Mosque. Hysterical!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Excellent; but big problem if you like footnotes.By John BaldwinExcellent research and biography; BUT FOOTNOTES ARE UNUSABLE. All the footnotes are listed in the back of the book by chapter; and each individual footnote is numbered. But in the actual chapters in the book; there is not any footnote numbers listed to the appropriate text! Therefore; all of the footnotes at the end of the book cannot be connected to the text in the chapters; and so; they're totally useless.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. great readBy Aamirthis book is an excellent account of events leading to Malcolm X's assassination; how the intelligence agencies worked in connivance with different groups to undermine the Black Rights movement.....Malcolm X is one of the greatest revolutionaries of our times....the author has done his homework well in writing this book....hats off to the author for this investigative piece of journalism...