Blood Brothers (56 page)

Handler, Mike,
203
,
229
,
233
,
263

Harlem,
22–24

     
freedom rally led by Malcolm (1960),
35–36

     
violence of 1964 summer,
231–232

Harlem Mosque No.
7
,
29
,
229–230

     
after Malcolm's Kennedy assassination comments,
144–146

     
Clay is recognized leaving,
130–131
,
133
,
140

     
Clay's sanctuary,
138

     
with Malcolm as minister,
32

     
members increase after Hinton episode,
26

     
bombed after Malcolm's assassination,
298

Harriman, W. Averell,
249–250

Harrison, George,
169–170

Harrison, Monroe,
78

Hassoun, Ahmed,
299

Hate That Hate Produced, The
(documentary film),
34

Hauser, Thomas,
189

Hayer, Talmadge.
See
Talmadge X

Henry, Richard,
137

Hicks, James,
25–26
,
91

Hills, Bruce,
126

Hinton, Johnson,
22
,
24–28

Hoover, J. Edgar,
59
,
236

Horn, Huston,
15
,
43
,
45
,
105
,
121–122
,
153
,
201

Hotel Theresa,
138
,
210–212
,
235
,
262–263

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC),
68

Howard, Charles P.,
244–245
,
258

Hoy, Thomas,
293
,
295

human rights,
158
,
232

     
violations charge against US sought by Malcolm,
239
,
248
,
250–251
,
262–263

I Am the Greatest
(Clay record),
130

International Boxing Club (IBC),
79

internationalism fused with Black Nationalism,
137–138
,
239
,
247

The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(movie),
176
,
202

Invisible Man
(Ellison),
102

Islam

     
orthodox, Ali's embrace of,
309

     
orthodox, Malcolm's embrace of,
262–263

     
orthodox, NOI and,
13–14
,
247
,
257
,
258–259

Islamophobia,
227–228

Izenberg, Jerry,
77
,
166

     
on Ali–Liston rematch,
302

     
on Ali's desire to please Muhammad,
275–276

     
covers Clay–Liston fight,
183–184
,
188
,
191

     
on NOI becoming Clay's family,
220

Jack Paar Tonight Show, The
(TV program),
138

Jackson, Blyden,
xix(epigraph)
,
xxiv

Jackson, Marion,
172

Jamal, Hakim,
285–286

James 3X,
148
,
289

James 67X,
264

Jenson, Marv,
10

Jeremiah X,
20–21
,
271–272
,
290

Jim Crow,
3
,
17
,
111

Johansson, Ingemar,
45

     
fights against Patterson,
76

     
spars with Clay,
9–10

Johnson, Alonzo,
47

Johnson, Jack,
9
,
37

Johnson, Lyndon,
149
,
156
,
236

Johnson, Rafer,
2–3
,
254

Johnson, Thomas 15X,
305

Johnson X.
See
Hinton, Johnson

Joint Legislative Committee on Professional Boxing,
91
,
98

Jones, Doug,
89–90
,
92
,
96–101
,
124

Jones, Leroi (Amiri Baraka),
78–79

Kaese, Harold,
274

Kalbfleisch (Louisville policeman),
xix–xx

Karriem, Osman.
See
Robinson, Archie

Keeler, Christine,
119–120

Kempton, Murray,
180
,
181

Kennedy, John F.

     
assassination,
143–144
,
155
,
159
,
163

     
courts Nkrumah,
131
,
249

     
suggests that Patterson not fight Liston,
80

Kenyatta, Charles 37X,
263
,
293

Kersh, Gerald,
80

Khrushchev, Nikita,
211–212
,
259

Kindred, Dave,
308–309

King, Ben,
214

King, Bill,
140

King, Coretta,
288

King, Martin Luther,
37
,
65
,
103(epigraph)
,
200

     
and Birmingham,
109
,
114

     
charges Cassius X as championing racial segregation,
226

     
condemns Malcolm,
63

     
FBI's COINTELPRO,
162

     
jailed for voting rights demonstrations in Selma,
288

     
Malcolm's criticisms of,
109–110
,
131–132
,
137

King, Ronnie,
244–245

Kinshasa, Zaire,
308

Kofoed, Jack,
203

Koppett, Leonard,
180–181

Koran,
25
,
27
,
29
,
108
,
182
,
233
,
247

Krulewitch, Melvin,
91

Ku Klux Klan,
280

     
bomb Baptist Church, Birmingham,
132

     
bomb Gaston Motel, Birmingham,
110

     
Malcolm's meeting with,
290

Kumasi, Ghana,
255

Kupcinet, Irv,
264
,
287
,
289

Lacy, Leslie,
248
,
279

Lagos, Nigeria,
242(photo)
,
255

Lansing, Michigan,
xxiv
,
30
,
89

Lassman, Ed,
225–226

Lavorante, Alejandro,
72–73
,
85

Lavorante–Riggins fight (1962),
73

Leifer, Neil,
303–304

Lennon, John,
169

Leon X,
262
,
292
,
295

Lewis, Claude,
279–280

Lewis, John,
300

Lewiston, Maine,
302–303

Liberace,
41
,
139
,
140–141

Liberia,
215

Liebling, A. J.,
50–52
,
80–81
,
91
,
96
,
97–99

Lincoln, C. Eric,
132

Lipsyte, Robert,
127
,
169
,
237

     
Clay uses championship as political platform,
205–206

     
on Clay–Liston fight (1964),
151
,
183

     
on FOI beating of Ameer,
283–284

     
on Muhammad–Malcolm battle over Clay,
207

Liston, Geraldine,
166
,
174

Liston, Sonny

     
age of,
82

     
background,
77–78

     
barred from fighting in New York,
70–71

     
boxing compared to Clay,
7

     
branding of,
45

     
on Clay–Jones fight,
101

     
in Denver,
153–154

     
fights of,
see specific fights

     
gangster connections,
79
,
165
,
184

     
look of,
71(photo)

     
in prison,
79–80

     
scorns nonviolence of Martin Luther King, NAACP,
110

     
as titleholder,
129
,
184–185

Liston–Patterson title fight (1962),
80–81
,
83

Liston–Patterson rematch (1963),
124
,
127
,
129

Liston, Toby,
77–78

Little, Earl, Sr.,
xxiv

Little, Malcolm,
xii
,
xxiv
.
See also
Malcolm X

Little, Philbert (Malcolm's brother),
31
,
299

Little, Reginald (Malcolm's brother),
31

Little Rock Central High School desegregation,
65
,
106

Little, Wilfred (Malcolm's brother),
299

Logan, George,
52–53
,
71

Lomax, Louis,
34
,
35
,
67

     
debates Malcolm,
264

     
interview with Malcolm,
144

     
suspects John Ali to be FBI informant,
286

London, England,
117(photo)
,
119–121
,
288

Los Angeles Nation of Islam mosque,
56–57
,
133

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD),
56–58

Los Angeles Sports Arena,
83

Louis, Joe,
80
,
89
,
168
,
174

     
arranges Clay–Logan fight,
52–53

     
on Clay–Liston fight,
174

     
as commentator for Clay–Liston fight,
187
,
195

     
compared to Clay/Ali,
10

     
condemns Clay/Ali's connections to Black Muslims,
227

     
derided by Clay/Ali,
256

     
and Marva Trotter,
197–198

     
and Miami segregation,
12

     
press conferences,
203

     
saves boxing as a sport,
43–44
,
49–50
,
73

     
as source of race pride,
89

Louis X,
15
,
109
,
146
,
268
,
278
,
299

     
knows of Muhammad's indiscretions,
265

     
pillories Malcolm,
281

     
replaces ousted Malcolm,
206
,
229–230

     
See also
Farrakhan, Louis
;
Wolcott, Louis Eugene

Louis–Rocky Marciano fight (1951),
98

Louis–Schmeling fight (1938),
80

Louisville, Kentucky,
xix–xx
,
xxiii
,
1
,
221

Louisville Sponsoring Group (LSG),
1
,
10–11
,
14
,
89
,
124
,
129
,
214

     
chaos at weigh-in for Clay–Liston fight,
178–179

     
Clay–Jones fight,
96–97
,
98

     
and Clay's anti-NAACP, Black Muslim positions,
107
,
118

     
investigates Sonji Roi,
272–273

     
loses control over Ali's personal life,
117(photo)

     
seeks to remove Clay from Malcolm's influence,
140–143
,
163

     
replaced by Herbert Muhammad,
305

Lumumba, Patrice,
144
,
212

MacDonald, William B. “Bill”

     
promoter of Liston–Clay fight,
155
,
166
,
182

     
troubled by NOI and Clay–Malcolm association,
162–163
,
171–172

Madison Square Garden fights,
49
,
74
,
76
,
88–89
,
96–97
,
104
,
235

Mahoney, William,
250
,
254

Mailer, Norman,
74–75
,
80
,
82

Malcolm X

     
Africa trips, pilgrimage to Mecca,
238–239
,
245–253
,
270
,
278–279