The Awful Grace Of God Summary

In the book, The Awful Grace of God by Stuart Wexler and Larry Hancock, focusing on the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. and the many conspiracies that have come about through all the years. The title was smartly chosen, in a quote of President Kennedy’s favorite poet, Aeschylus. The main purpose of this book was to answer the following questions: Who murdered King? Was there a conspiracy? What was the motive? And what do the answers to those questions mean to our nation’s history and our future? Hancock and Wexler dig deep into the killing of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Ku Klux Klan members who were a part of the crime and their steps behind the murder. The authors spend a lot of time focusing on the facts and the information that was found

by one of the most violent, extremist groups in America, the Ku Klux Klan. Through thorough research and documentation, the authors examine the alleged and truthfully accused murderers of Martin Luther King Jr. For example, Samuel Holloway Bowers, who was a member of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi. Along with other members and extremists, Bowers was openly responsible for many acts of violence in Mississippi regarding white supremacy. Their ultimate prize was the death of King. Wexler and Hancock scrutinized through several pieces of untouched files from the King murder trial and used much of that information, including the act of conducting meaningful interviews to write this book.They intelligently organized their writings into parts including firstly, “The Conspirators” secondly, “The Accused” and lastly “The Crime”. The authors’ main theme are expressed through the organization of the book. They focus on the major killing of king starting off with those who may have been involved to the accused killers and finally to the crime and how it was conducted as well as the shaping of the crime itself. Their examinations reveal a terrorist group and community that leads to the death of many, including Martin Luther King