Thomas Peele


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Video referenced in Killing the Messenger: play previous play pause next stop mute unmute max volume full screen restore screen shuffle shuffle off repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Depending on your connection speed it may take several minutes for videos to load. Audio recordings referenced in Killing the Messenger: previous play pause next stop mute unmute max volume shuffle shuffle off repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Depending on your connection speed it may take several minutes for audio files to load. Source documents referenced in Killing the Messenger: Transcript of Yusuf Bey IV's first police statement: Download PDF Transcript of Yusuf Bey IV's second police statement: Download PDF Transcript of Devaughndre Broussard confession: Download PDF Devaughndre Broussard proffer statement: Download PDF FBI documents on the Nation of Islam: Download PDF Health Department report on Your Black Muslim Bakery: Download PDF California Department of Justice Report on Sgt. Derwin Longmire: Download PDF Sgt. Derwin Longmire's response letter to discipline: Download PDF	Read an excerpt from Killing the Messenger Buy Killing the Messenger From reviews of the book: "A complex, carefully constructed story of the development of the Black Muslim Movement and one of its most notorious leaders" - Kirkus Reviews An "eye-opening narrative about radical religion and its consequences.Peele renders characters and scenes with rich detail and his chronicle of events surrounding Bailey's death unfolds with the seamlessness of a fictional thriller, would that were the case" - Publisher's Weekly A "riveting account. Peele examines the broader context of the Black Muslim movement; the troubled socioeconomics of Oakland, where the cult recruited young black men , particularly ex-offenders looking for jobs; and the courage of a Black journalist willing to take on the Beys" - Booklist A "riveting odyssey ... The intersection of three powerful stories:" the Beys, Chauncey Bailey, and the police - Essence Magazine "This is totally chilling, incredibly strange material, and the book is sweeping, site-specific, and compulsively readable." - The Observer's Very Short List Contact Thomas Peele Thomas Peele is represented by Elizabeth Evans at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.