Blood Brothers (57 page)

     
assassination and funeral,
291–296
,
299–301

     
background,
xxiv
,
30–37

     
banned from NOI,
147–149
,
170–171
,
176–177

     
as Big Red/Detroit Red,
30
,
31
,
62
,
89
,
105
,
210

     
Clay's mentor, close friend,
88–91
,
133
,
138
,
139
,
156–159
,
198–200
,
208–209
,
310

     
at Clay–Jones fight,
98

     
at Clay–Liston fight,
185

     
comments on Kennedy assassination,
143–146

     
conflicts with Muhammad,
58–63

     
creates Muslim Mosque, Inc. (MMI),
231–232
,
237
,
269

     
criticizes King's nonviolent philosophy,
109
,
137

     
death threats against,
148–149
,
156
,
269
,
279–281
,
286–287
,
292

     
destiny of Clay–Liston fight,
176–177
,
181–182
,
185–195

     
encourages Clay to use championship as political platform,
199–200
,
205

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

     
opposes racial integration,
36
,
264

     
post-NOI, thinking and politics evolve,
229–231
,
246–248

     
reveals Muhammad as false prophet, infidelities,
107–109
,
217–218
,
264–265

     
as revolutionary,
128
,
136–138
,
182
,
232
,
263
,
269

     
snubbed, malicious attacks, by Ali,
251–252
,
276
,
290

Malcolm X's home in Queens

     
eviction attempted,
230–231
,
265–266

bombed, burned, by Black Muslims,
288–289

Malcolm X's speeches, lectures, and sermons

     
“The Ballot or the Bullet,”
239

     
“The Farce on Washington,”
131

     
“Message to the Grassroots,”
137

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963,
130–133
,
249

Marciano, Rocky,
70
,
73–74
,
76
,
98

Markson, Harry,
76
,
235–236

Martin, Joe,
xx

Maule, Tex,
188
,
189
,
190
,
192
,
303

Mayfield, Julian,
248
,
250
,
251
,
279

McHugh, Roy,
116–119

McKinney, Jack,
189

Mecca,
18
,
185
,
238–239

Malcolm's pilgrimage to,
246–248
,
252
,
263

Meet the Press
(TV program),
67

Meredith, James,
118

Metz, Milton,
222

Miami,
10–11
,
21

     
Clay–Liston fight (1964),
182–195

     
Clay and Malcolm together in,
156–160
,
163
,
170–173
,
185
,
198–201
,
207–209

     
culture of racism,
11–12

     
as site for Clay's training,
3–5
.
See also
5th Street Gym

Miami Beach Auditorium,
101
,
163

Miami Beach Boxing Commission,
178–179
,
180

Miami Beach Convention Center,
155
,
182–183

Miami Mosque No.
29
,
12
,
13
,
20
,
21

Michaux, Lewis,
212
,
237

Mims, Holley,
235–236

“The Mind of the Ghetto” conference,
133

Mitchell, Frank,
78

Miteff, Alex,
47
,
51

Moore, Archie,
10
,
72
,
82–85
,
97
,
124

Mother Ship,
18–19
,
92
,
134
,
273

Muhammad, Akbar,
61

Muhammad, Clara,
17
,
60

Muhammad, Elijah

     
apolitical philosophy of,
59
,
67

     
authority of,
17–18
,
145
,
220

     
Autobiography of Malcolm X
and,
113

     
builds Nation of Islam, anoints self as Messenger of Allah,
17–18
,
28–29
,
34–35

     
Clay/Ali and,
14–15
,
20–21

     
death of,
309

     
draft evasion and imprisonment,
216

     
FBI and,
59–61
,
108
,
142
,
147
,
264

     
forbids Clay from seeing Malcolm,
209
,
215
,
217

     
forbids followers from joining March on Washington,
131

     
infidelities, secret harem, NOI funds appropriated,
59–61
,
87–88
,
107–109
,
146
,
264–265

     
KKK and,
290

     
with Malcolm as trusted follower,
31–33

     
orders beatings and killings of NOI defectors,
67
,
282–284

     
orders Malcolm away from politics,
38
,
57–59

     
Malcolm's assassination and,
298–299

     
Malcolm's split with,
67–68
,
144–147

     
Malcolm's suspension and,
144–145
,
171
,
176
,
215
,
266

     
paternity suits filed,
269–270
,
285–286

     
shapes Clay/Ali as propaganda tool for NOI,
142–143
,
220
,
244–245

     
suspends Ali,
307–308

Muhammad, Elijah, Jr.,
61
,
268

Muhammad, Hasan,
269

Muhammad, Herbert,
34–35
,
61
,
142
,
268

     
as editor of
Muhammad Speaks
,
67

     
disapproves of Ali's wife, Sonji,
305

     
manages Ali's Africa trip,
244–245
,
251–252
,
257

     
supervises, controls all access to, Ali,
230
,
234–235
,
271–272

Muhammad, John,
270

Muhammad, Wallace

     
blamed by Elijah Muhammad for sex scandal,
147

     
and father's secret harem,
269

     
as NOI leader,
309

     
meets with Malcolm,
87–88
,
287

     
in prison for draft evasion,
61

Muhammad Speaks
newspaper

     
cartoon of Malcolm's decapitated head,
261–262

     
coverage of Ali in,
207
,
245
,
271

     
Elijah Muhammad's column,
21

     
followers coerced into purchasing,
58
,
61
,
65–66

     
Malcolm replaced by Herbert Muhammad as editor,
67

     
photograph of Clay appears,
68

     
predicts Malcolm's death,
281

Murray, Jim,
72
,
129
,
178
,
180

     
on Clay–Liston fight,
174(epigraph)
,
183
,
188–189
,
194
,
201–202

     
on George Logan,
52–53

     
mocks Ali's new name,
223
,
228

Muslim Mosque, Inc. (MMI),
231–232
,
237
,
269

NAACP

     
Clay claims to support,
103–105

     
denounced by Clay/Ali,
106–107
,
112
,
118
,
162
,
254

     
with moderate leadership,
110

Nasser, Gamal Abdel,
211–212
,
234
,
244
,
256
,
259
,
271

Nation of Islam (NOI)

     
apolitical philosophy of,
24
,
59
,
67

     
background, theology,
17–20
,
26–29

     
Clay's early contacts with,
15–16
,
20

     
Clay/Ali's membership is exposed,
126
,
162–165

     
Clay/Ali becomes propaganda tool,
133–135
,
142
,
205–207
,
271–272

     
corruption in,
61–62
,
66–67
,
282–283

     
eviction suit against Malcolm by,
230–231
,
265–266

     
fishing for converts,
13
,
15
,
29
,
134

     
investigated by HUAC,
68

     
Malcolm's assassination attributed to,
265
,
286
,
296
,
305

     
ostracizes Malcolm, death threats issued,
148–149
,
156
,
161–162

     
separatist ideology,
106

     
shaken by Muhammad's infidelities,
59–61
,
87–88

     
Saviours' Day Conventions,
61
,
87–88
,
206–207
,
298–299

     
separatist philosophy of,
24

     
threats and physical intimidation,
66–67
,
269

     
Wallace Muhammad as leader of,
309

     
women and,
27
,
59–60
,
64

     
Yacub's history and,
18–19

National Boxing Association,
52

Nelson, Jill,
228

New York

     
boxing's popularity declines (1962),
70–71

     
considers banning boxing,
75
,
91

     
newspaper union strike impacts boxing,
94

New York City Police Department

     
Bureau of Special Services (BOSS),
26
,
131
,
266
,
291

     
Johnson Hinton and,
22
,
24
,
25

     
Malcolm's assassination and,
293
,
295–296

New York State Athletic Commission,
91
,
306–307

Newark, New Jersey, Mosque No.
25
,
260

Nichols, Robert R.,
14–15

Nigeria,
217
,
255–257

Nilon, Jack,
166
,
194

Nkrumah, Kwame,
211–212
,
234
,
248–250

     
meets Ali,
241–242
,
254–255
,
271

     
meets Malcolm,
250–251

Norris, James Dougan,
79–80

Norton, Ken,
309

Olsen, Jack,
x
,
xii
,
208