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1 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read

Sam Cooke was the first African-American to establish his own independent publishing company & he fought major labels for his independence on the regular.

After he financed the MLK March on Washington and his efforts to bring Malcom X & MLK together, the FBI and Cointelpro had Sam on their radar.

Sam Cooke lived a life that deserved to be made into a film. He should have been one of the first Black icons to have a film made about him, but Allen Klein stymied any plans. He didn't want anyone poking around or interrogating him.

Klein had ties to the shadowy underworld of organized crime. He was ready to be fired by Sam Cooke. Sam discovered Klein was taking his business from under his nose with the help of JW Alexander. Klein managed the Beatles' breakup a few years later.

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