Blood Brothers (58 page)

Olympics in Rome (1960),
1–3
,
10
,
13
,
50
,
236
,
243
,
255

Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU),
269
,
293

Overtown district, Miami,
11
,
12
,
45
,
157

Pacheco, Ferdie,
4–5
,
18–19

     
on Clay–Liston fight (1964),
174(epigraph)
,
274

     
as fight doctor,
160
,
184–185

Palermo, Frank “Blinky,”
79

Pan-Africanism,
212
,
239
,
244
,
248
,
250–251

Paret, Benny “the Kid,”
74–76
,
80
,
85
,
95
,
152–153
,
225

Paret–Griffith fight,
74–75

Paris

     
airplane crash in,
63

     
Malcolm in,
288

Parker, Dan,
94
,
140
,
142
,
183
,
224
,
225

Parker, William,
57

Parks, Gordon,
291

Parr, Jack,
138–139

Pastrano, Willie,
6

Patterson, Floyd,
81
,
120
,
254

     
background,
76

     
compared to Ali,
46

     
criticized by Malcolm for going to Birmingham,
110

     
feud with Ali,
227

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

     
supports peace, integration,
205

     
as world heavyweight champion,
76–77

Patterson–Johansson fights,
76

Patterson–Liston fight (1962),
80–82
,
83

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

Pegler, Westbrook,
94

Perry, Lincoln,
277
.
See also
Stepin Fetchit

Philadelphia,
79

Plimpton, George

     
Clay/Ali's “foxes,”
196–197

     
Clay/Ali's principles,
275

     
interviews Malcolm on Clay–Liston fight,
181–182

     
Liston's training workouts,
167–168

     
reveals Ali's fear of Muhammad,
308

poetry of Clay,
50
,
70(epigraph)
,
95
,
101
,
139

Poinsett, Alex,
105

Poitier, Sydney,
120

Police of Miami,
11

Polino, Joe,
189
,
193

Ponder, Joseph K.,
156

Pope, Edwin,
155
,
187

Powell, Charley,
85
,
124
,
236

Presley, Elvis,
129
,
130

Profumo, John Dennis,
119–120

Putnam, Pat,
162
,
164
,
165

Pye, Brad,
201–202

Rabb, Maurice,
107

racism,
xxi
,
12
,
38
,
104
,
114

     
and Black Muslim ideology,
34
,
275

Ramos, Ultiminio “Sugar,”
6
,
246

Reddick, James,
78

Reddish, Willie,
167–168
,
189
,
193–194

redemption

     
Clay/Ali becomes visible symbol,
272

     
of Malcolm X,
32–33
,
301

     
pursued by Clay/Ali and Malcolm X,
xxiv

Richardson, Gloria,
137–138

Riggins, Johnny,
73

Robbins, Alexander,
180
,
184

Roberts, Gene,
290–291
,
294–296

Robertson, Floyd,
246

Robertson, Oscar,
2–3

Robinson, Archie (Osman Karriem),
156
,
160–161

     
as Clay's business manager,
141

     
and blinding of Clay during fight,
191

     
on Africa trip,
244–245

     
after Clay–Liston fight,
198
,
202

     
arranges Plimpton interview of Malcolm,
181

Robinson, Jackie

     
attends Clay–Jones fight,
98

     
compared to Clay,
46
,
209

     
feud with Malcolm,
110–112

     
recognizes Ali's right to practice Islam,
228

     
stalked by Black Muslims,
111

Robinson, Murray,
215

Robinson, Sugar Ray,
11
,
98
,
112

     
admired by Clay,
107

     
at Clay–Liston fight,
178–179

     
compared to Clay,
4
,
7
,
213

     
discusses draft with Ali,
305–306

     
end of career,
85

Robinson, “Sweet Jimmy,”
8–9

Rockefeller, Nelson,
75

Rodríguez, Luis,
6
,
215
,
235–236

Rogin, Gilbert,
10
,
74
,
81
,
84

Roi, Sonji (wife of Muhammad Ali),
272
,
297–298
,
305

Rome Olympics.
See
Olympics in Rome

Root, Gladys Towles,
285
,
286

Rudolph, Wilma,
2–3
,
10

Russell, Bill,
254

Rustin, Bayard,
37
,
232
,
300

Sabakhan, Ishmael,
16
,
20

Sabedong, Kolo “Duke,”
39–40
,
41–42

Sadler, Dick,
4
,
84

Sarria, Luis,
185

Saviours' Day conventions,
32
,
61–62
,
87–88
,
171
,
177
,
185
,
206
,
209
,
298

Saxon, Sam (Abdul Rahman Muhammad),
12–14
,
15
,
20
,
63–64
,
142
,
157
,
159
,
191
,
206
,
278

     
conversations with Clay,
54

     
introduces Clay to Malcolm in Detroit,
55–56

     
warns Clay off Malcolm,
209

Schaap, Dick,
162
,
233
,
307–308

Schiff, Dorothy,
94

Schmeling, Max,
80
,
275

Schulberg, Budd,
80

Schulke, Flip,
12
,
45–46

Shabazz, Betty (wife of Malcolm X),
290

     
and children visit Clay,
156–157

     
attends rally where Malcolm is killed,
292
,
295–296

     
home in Queens is firebombed,
289

     
at Malcolm's funeral,
299–300

     
threatened, terrorized, by FOI,
265
,
285

separatism

     
advocated by Clay/Ali,
163
,
205–206
,
275

     
denigrated by Martin Luther King,
226

     
Muhammad demands separate state for blacks,
64–65

     
opposed by Rustin,
37

Shabazz, El-Hajj Malik El-,
262
,
301
.
See also
Malcolm X

Shabazz, John,
133
,
285–286

Shabazz, Tribe of,
18

Shabazz Restaurant in Harlem,
24
,
138
,
143

Sharnik, Mort,
85–86
,
179

Sharp, Dee Dee,
196–198

Sharrieff, Raymond,
33
,
35
,
57
,
61
,
65
,
88
,
131
,
284

     
encourages Muhammad to condemn Malcolm,
146

     
issues order to kill Malcolm,
261(photo)
,
264

Sherrill, Edward 2X,
58
.

Siler, Herb,
8

Sinatra, Frank,
xxii
,
124

sit-ins,
12
,
35
,
63
,
104
,
137
,
220

16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham),
132–133
,
136(epigraph)

Smith, Red,
94
,
195
,
224
,
236
,
304–305

Smith, Simon,
122

Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
110
,
288

Soviet Union,
155
,
228
,
249

Spanakos, Petros,
236

Spitz, Bob,
169

Springer, Eric,
105–106

St. Louis,
67
,
68
,
69
,
77–79

Starr, Ringo,
169

Stepin Fetchit,
141
,
277
.
See also
Perry, Lincoln

Stevens, Alois,
78

Stillman's Gym,
49

Stokes, Ronald, murder of,
32–33
,
56–57
,
61–66
,
114
,
136

Sullivan, Ed,
90
,
95
,
168–169

Sullivan, John L.,
42

Sullivan, William C.,
162

Sunni Muslims,
262

Sutton, Percy,
266

Talese, Gay,
80
,
94

Talmadge X (Talmadge Hayer),
260–262
,
285
,
292

     
murders Malcolm X,
295–298

     
sentenced to life in prison,
305

Taylor, Elizabeth,
121
,
122
,
123

Teague, Robert L.,
74

television broadcasts of boxing

     
Fight of the Week
(ABC TV program),
47
,
74
,
75
,
76

     
programs' decline in early ‘60s,
73–76
,
83

     
Tomorrow's Champions
(TV program),
xx

The Greatest
(record album),
214

Thelwell, Michael,
32–33

Thomas 15X,
268–269

Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas,
45
,
128

Tiger, Dick,
217

Till, Emmett,
xxiii–xxiv
,
11
,
65
,
66

Todd, Jouett Ross,
98

Todd, Ross,
98

Tomorrow's Champions
(TV program),
xx

Tonight Show, The
(TV program),
95

Torres, José,
90

Tuckner, Howard,
46

Tunney, Gene,
98

Underwood, John,
9
,
10

United Nations (UN)

     
Clay's and Malcolm's visits,
214–217

Vietnam War,
144
,
304
,
306

Vitale, John,
78

Wade, Andrew, IV,
xxii–xxiii

Wade, Charlotte,
xxii–xxiii

Wagner, George Raymond.
See
Gorgeous George

Walker, Wyatt Tee,
111

Wallace, Mike,
34
,
265

Walter, Francis E.,
68

Warden, Don,
133

WBA.
See
World Boxing Association

When the Word Is Given
(Lomax),
286

“White Man's Heaven Is a Black Man's Hell, A” (song),
15–16

white men

     
Clay's suspicion of,
125
,
164

     
as devils,
16–17
,
18
,
31

white supremacy,
xxiv
,
12
,
31
,
63
,
111
,
290
.

     
See also
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Wilbur X,
262

William Morris Agency,
214

William X,
262
,
292