Blood Brothers (55 page)

     
civil rights protests, views of,
104

     
discrimination against,
12
,
104
,
210

     
drawing power in boxing,
76
,
83–85
,
96–97
,
124
,
133

     
dual identity of,
40
,
91
,
102
,
118
,
120
,
214

     
dyslexia of,
130
,
134

     
fights of,
see specific fights

     
as Louisville Lip character,
44
,
46
,
70
,
83
,
91
,
101
,
105
,
129–130
,
165
,
204–205
,
214
,
221
,
277

     
magic and,
19
,
40(photo)
,
48
,
90–91
,
102

     
meets Malcolm at Detroit rally in 1962,
55–56
,
63–65

     
name change and,
218–219
,
221–222

     
Olympics and,
1–3

     
opposes racial integration,
106
,
163
,
172
,
208

     
poetry of,
50
,
95
,
161
,
130
,
214

     
predictions by, appeal of,
19–20

     
predicts knockout rounds,
47–48
,
52
,
71
,
84
,
97
,
100
,
120–123

     
racial pride of,
xi
,
xviii
,
xxiv
,
105

     
relationship with father,
xix-xxi
,
xxiv

     
relationship with Malcolm,
88–89
,
133
,
138
,
148–149
,
156–160
,
207–208
,
218–220

     
relationship with Muhammad,
207–208
,
218–220

     
sexuality of,
151–153

     
as self-promoter,
44–45
,
83

     
showmanship influenced by Gorgeous George,
40–44
,
46

     
television appearances and,
94–96
,
124–125

     
training with Angelo Dundee,
5–12

     
see also
Cassius X
;
Ali, Muhammad

Clay, Cassius, Sr. (father)

     
and domestic violence,
xix–xxii

     
predictions by,
221

     
racial views of,
xxi
,
xxiii
,
xxiv
,
16
,
65
,
220–221

     
resents influence of NOI, Malcolm, over son,
152(photo)
,
164–165

Clay, Odessa (mother of Cassius),
xx
,
14
,
140
,
298

Clay, Rudy (Rahman Ali),
xxi
,
63
,
116–118
,
125–126
,
153
,
185
,
278

     
on Ali's Africa trip,
244–245

     
boxes preliminary bout,
184

     
changes name to Rahman Ali,
224 (photo)
,
245

     
joins Nation of Islam,
20–21

     
at post-fight celebration,
198

     
as Rudolph X,
164

     
spars with Ali,
255
,
300

     
speaks at Saviours' Day Convention,
206–207

Clay–Banks fight (1962),
49–52

Clay–Clark fight (1961),
10

Clay–Cooper fight (1963),
121–124
,
214
,
222

Clay–Daniels fight (1962),
71–72

Clay–Jones fight (1963),
98–101
,
124

Clay–Lavorante fight (1962),
72–73

Clay–Liston fight (1964)

     
preliminary events,
124–125
,
153–156
,
162–173
,
166–168

     
chaos at weigh-in,
177–180

     
fixed fight allegations,
225–226

     
match,
184–195
,
197(photo)

     
day-after press conference,
203–204

     
Liston's confidence,
174

     
post-fight celebration,
198–200

Clay–Logan fight (1962),
52–53

Clay–Moore fight (1962),
82–85

Clay–Miteff fight (1961),
47

Clay–Sabedong fight (1961),
39–42

Cleage, Albert, Jr.,
136

Cleaver, Eldridge,
xvii

Cole, Nat King,
xxii
,
11

Coleman, Bob,
xxi

Collins, Bud,
257

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE),
38
,
162

Conrad, Harold,
9
,
128–129
,
168–169
,
172–173

Cooke, Sam,
53
,
129
,
185
,
197
,
198
,
214

Cooper, Henry,
117(photo)
,
119
,
120–124
,
214

Cope, Myron,
6
,
54
,
243
,
273–276

Cosell, Howard,
307

Cuba,
5–6
,
41
,
68
,
74

Cutchins, W. S.,
140
,
141

Daley, Arthur,
10
,
82
,
94
,
129
,
204
,
224
,
225–226

D'Amato, Cus,
80

Daniels, Billy,
71–72

Davidson, Gordon,
98
,
119
,
124–125
,
129
,
178–179
,
220–221

Davis, Ossie,
300–301

Davis, Sammy, Jr.,
11
,
120

Day of Judgment,
18
,
64
,
92
,
221
.
See also
Armageddon, Battle of

Deford, Frank,
92

Dempsey, Jack,
76
,
91
,
98
,
197–198

DiMaggio, Joe,
168
,
197–198

Dolan, Mike,
22

Douglas, Kirk,
202

Downs, Hugh,
95

Du Bois, W. E. B.,
247
,
250

Dundee, Angelo,
11
,
47
,
116
,
122

     
background,
3–4

     
trains Clay in 5th Street Gym, Miami,
5–9
,
21

     
arranges for Clay–Moore fight,
82

     
Clay–Jones fight,
100

     
corner man in Clay–Liston fight (1964),
184
,
190–192

     
moves Clay to the big time,
48–49
,
52
,
72

     
troubled by Clay–Malcolm association,
159
,
163

Dundee, Chris,
3–4
,
191

Dunphy, Don,
75
,
101

Dupas, Ralph,
6

Eaton, Cal and Aileen,
83

Ed Sullivan Show, The
(TV program),
90
,
95
,
168
,
170(photo)

Edwards, Harry,
xviii

Egypt,
257–259

Ellis, Steve,
182
,
193
,
195

Ellison, Ralph,
23–24

Epstein, Brian,
169

Esperti, Anthony “Big Tony,”
8
,
9

Fard, Wallace D.,
17–18

Farmer, James,
38

Farrakhan, Louis
15
.
See also
Louis X
;
Wolcott, Louis Eugene

Faversham, William “Bill,”
98
,
107
,
118–119
,
122
,
140
,
178–179
,
236

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

     
and Clay,
142
,
156
,
162

     
COINTELPRO discredits black leaders,
162
,
171

     
and Elijah Muhammad,
59–61
,
108
,
142
,
147
,
264

     
and Herbert Muhammad,
235

     
and Malcolm,
23(photo)
,
26
,
33
,
149
,
156
,
158
,
171
,
286
,
296

     
surveillance of NOI,
88
,
108
,
162

     
tips media of Malcolm–Muhammad rift,
171

5th Street Gym in Miami,
5–6
,
9
,
11
,
21
,
45
,
170(photo)
,
274

     
Beatles and Clay,
168–170

     
Clay trains for Jones fight,
92

     
before Clay–Liston fight (1964),
176

Fight of the Week
(ABC TV program),
47
,
74–76

The Fire Next Time
(Baldwin),
46
,
114

Fleeman, Donnie,
10

Fleischer, Nat,
72
,
151

Folley, Zora,
72
,
305

Forbes, Frank,
100–101

Foreman, George,
308
,
309

France,
63
,
288

Francis, Reuben,
292
,
293
,
295

Frazier, Joe,
309

Freedom Now Party,
137

Fruit of Islam (FOI),
24

     
demands larger donations from followers,
61
,
282–283

     
directed to kill Malcolm,
218
,
261(photo)
,
264
,
286–287

     
members serve as security at rallies,
63–64

     
New Jersey FOI assassins,
285
,
292–293

     
ordered by Muhammad to beat, kill, defectors,
282

     
plots against Malcolm,
218
,
264
,
269
,
270
,
284–285

George, Pinky,
72
,
73

Ghana, visited by Malcolm X and Ali,
241–255
,
279

Ghana Boxing Authority,
241
,
246

Gibson, Althea,
98

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, The
(TV program)
75–76

Goldman, Peter,
264
,
296

Goldstein, Ruby,
74

Goodman, Benjamin,
26–29
.
See also
Benjamin 2X

Gorgeous George,
85
,
91

     
influence on Clay's persona,
39–41
,
42–43
,
46

Gottehrer, Barry,
186

Grandstand
BBC program,
214

Gravitt, Joseph.
See
Captain Joseph

Great Debate, The
(TV program),
83

Greene, Abe,
226

Greenwich Village

     
Clay's poetry reading,
95

Gregory, Dick,
65
,
105
,
237
,
300

Griffith, Emile,
74–75
,
152

Gross, Milton,
1(epigraph)
,
52
,
94

Group on Advanced Leadership (GOAL),
136
,
137

Haley, Alex,
xiv–xv
,
36
,
125
,
156
,
158
,
185
,
263

     
on Clay–Liston fight (1964),
198–199

     
interviews Malcolm X,
112–113
,
149–150

Hamill, Pete,
95–96
,
106
,
118

Hampton House Motel, Miami,
157
,
170
,
181
,
198–199
,
201
,
207