Background
Pepper, William Francis was born on August 16, 1937 in New York City. Son of Francis William and Lillian (Gilliland) Pepper.
Died on April 7, 2024 in New York City
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Martin Luther King Jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in US history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the USA. In 1968, he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered. The conviction of James Earl Ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when William Pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justice. At a civil trial in 1999, supported by the King family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy Pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that Ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involved. An Act of State lays out the extraordinary facts of the King story—of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truth. As shocking as it is tragic, An Act of State remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how King’s challenge to the US establishment led inexorably to his murder.
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On April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was in Memphis supporting a workers’ strike. By nightfall, army snipers were in position, military officers were on a nearby roof with cameras, and Lloyd Jowers had been paid to remove the gun after the fatal shot was fired. When the dust had settled, King had been hit and a clean-up operation was set in motion-James Earl Ray was framed, the crime scene was destroyed, and witnesses were killed. William Pepper, attorney and friend of King, has conducted a thirty-year investigation into his assassination. In 1999, Loyd Jowers and other co-conspirators were brought to trial in a civil action suit on behalf of the King family. Seventy witnesses set out the details of a conspiracy that involved J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, Richard Helms and the CIA, the military, Memphis police, and organized crime. The jury took an hour to find for the King family. In An Act of State, you finally have the truth before you-how the US government shut down a movement for social change by stopping its leader dead in his tracks.
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(Martin Luther King Jr was the powerful and eloquent champ...)
Martin Luther King Jr was the powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in US history. This title lays out the facts of the King story - of the groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism. It provides an account of how King's challenge to the US establishment led inexorably to his murder.
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Pepper, William Francis was born on August 16, 1937 in New York City. Son of Francis William and Lillian (Gilliland) Pepper.
Died on April 7, 2024 in New York City
Bachelor, Columbia College, 1959;
Master of Arts, Columbia College, 1960;
Doctor of Education, U. Massachusetts, 1973;
Juris Doctor cum laude, Boston College, 1975.
Executive director, Commision on Human Rights, New Rochelle, New York, 1965-1966;
freelance journalist, Vietnam, 1966;
executive director, National Conference for New Politics, New York, 1967-1968;
independent educational consultant, 1968-1977;
private practice, United States, 1977-2024;
barrister, London, since 1991. Visiting scholar Wolfson College, University of Oxford, since 1997, visiting fellow University of Oxford Center Socio Legal Studies, since 1997.
(Martin Luther King Jr was the most powerful and eloquent ...)
(Martin Luther King Jr was the powerful and eloquent champ...)
(Examines the controversial arguments surrounding the assa...)
(On April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was in Memphis suppor...)
Chairman Yonkers (New York) Citizens Union, 1961-1963. Chairman citizens committee Robert F. Kennedy senatorial campaign, New York, 1964. Director Committee of Responsibility, New York City, 1967-1968.
Member American Bar Association (sections on international law and practice, business law, and individual rights and responsibilities), International Bar Association (member committees on business law, banking law, international sales and related commercial transactions, international franchising, international litigation, issues and trading insecurities, general practice, civil litigation, administration of justice, defamation/media law, human rights, and administrative law), Chartered Institute Arbitrators (associate), Order of Coif, United Oxford Club, Cambridge U. Club.
