by Jonathan Eig
March on Washington (1963), 107, 123–24
Marciano, Rocky
background, 26
boxing/celebrity and, 26, 348, 352, 408, 477
Clay/Ali and, 72, 145, 263, 352
fake fight film/Ali and, 263
Marcos, Ferdinand, 421, 423
Marcos, Imelda, 423, 430
Marshall, Thurgood, 323
Martin, Joe Elsby
background/description, 21
boxing and, 21–23, 30, 36, 38, 41, 50, 52
Cash Clay and, 72, 73, 76
Christine (wife) and, 38
Clay’s early career and, 21–23, 30, 36, 38, 41, 50, 52, 363, 466
meeting Clay after Olympics, 68
Olympic trials/Clay and, 55, 56, 58
Reynolds’s deal with Clay and, 70, 72
Martin, Leotis, 245
Massell, Sam, 289, 293
Mastroianni, Marcello, 315
Mathis, Buster, 332–33
Mayfield, Curtis, 292
Mays, Willie, 222
Mayweather, Floyd, Jr., 300
Menendez, Julius (“Julie”), 56
Mensah, Barbara/daughter, 415
Mercante, Arthur, 318
Message to the Blackman in America (Elijah Muhammad), 259, 268, 324–25
Metropolitan Boxing Writers’ Association luncheon (1962), 92
Miami Herald, 78, 184
Michel, Robert H., 231–32
Mildenberger, Karl, 221–22, 245
Mimmes, Marjorie, 33
Minnelli, Liza, 464
Mitchell, Bobby, 245
Mitchell, John, 482
Miteff, Alex, 84
Mobutu, Joseph
background/corruption, 366, 367, 368–69
fight postponement/actions, 387, 389
Foreman-Ali fight and, 366, 367, 370–71, 372–73, 380, 385–86, 387, 389, 393, 421
Mohammed-Rahmah, Safiyya, 195, 242, 244
Monroe, Al, 106–7
Moore, Archie
background/description, 76–77, 93
Clay fight and, 93, 94–95, 189
death, 531
Foreman and, 397
training Clay and, 72, 77, 80
Moran, Willy, 50
Morehead, Tom, 8
Morris, Michael, 479–80
Morrison, Toni, 275, 421
Mosley, Walter, 156
Mr. Ed (television), 119
Muhammad, Leon, 416
Muhammad Ali Day, Chicago, 403
Muhammad, Clara, 197, 242, 266
Muhammad, Eddie Mustafa, 471
Muhammad, Elijah
adultery/lifestyle, 116–17, 136
attention/popularity, 164
background/as Elijah Poole, 46–47
banishing Ali and, 266–70, 277–78
Clay/Ali and, 58, 85, 156, 185, 232, 233, 238, 239, 254, 259, 266–70, 403–4, 406, 408, 516
Clay’s high school paper on, 58
criticism of, 88, 114, 116–17, 136, 247
death/memorial service, 406, 408
decline in popularity/loss of key members, 277
descriptions, 165, 196–97
Don King and, 341–42
FBI and, 117, 137, 157, 166, 403
health issues, 364, 403
Main Bout, Inc. and, 208–9
Nation of Islam/beliefs and, 45–47, 48, 49, 61, 86, 87, 88–91, 116, 124, 156, 157, 159–60, 166, 324–25, 344, 352, 380–81
politics and, 157
prison and, 213–14, 239
sports/play views of, 156, 266–70, 326
taking away Ali’s Muslim name and, 267, 275
welcoming Clay/reasons, 156
See also Malcolm X; Nation of Islam
Muhammad, Herbert
Ali post-boxing/severing ties with, 505, 511, 530
Ali/Sonji marriage and, 195, 196
as Ali’s business manager/money and, 198, 199–201, 202–3, 208, 209, 220, 267, 271, 287, 308, 373, 378, 399, 400, 430, 436, 437, 447, 450, 451–52, 463, 467–68, 469, 489, 495
background/descriptions, 167, 172, 195, 196–97
Clay/Ali and, 167, 168, 170, 171, 181, 239, 242, 244, 254, 298, 307, 311, 336, 338, 339, 354, 370, 395, 416, 418, 421, 484, 505
control over Ali, 195, 196, 202–3, 406, 505
corruption/character and, 170, 197, 272, 273, 416, 418, 467–69, 478, 481, 486, 492
death, 531
Don King and, 338, 339, 407, 410
FBI and, 170, 195, 197, 209
Main Bout, Inc./Top Rank and, 208, 209, 246, 463
Sonji Roi and, 170–71, 172
women/photography and, 170, 197, 272, 273, 416, 418
Muhammad, Jamillah. See Swint, Areatha
Muhammad, Matthew Saud, 471
Muhammad Speaks newspaper
Clay/Ali and, 86–87, 138, 243, 267–68, 328, 354
Elijah Muhammad’s message and, 87, 88–91
growth and, 270
Malcolm X/murder and, 179
staff and, 172, 181, 195, 197, 275, 403
Muhammad, Wali (Walter Youngblood/“Blood”), 354
Muhammad, Wallace D.
Ali and, 406–7, 424, 435, 444–45
father banishing, 267
Nation of Islam changes, 408
as Nation of Islam leader, 406–7, 408, 436
Murray, Jim, 94, 215
Muslim Mosque, Inc., 165, 166
My View from the Corner (Angelo Dundee), 122
Myrdal, Gunnar, 45
NAACP, 32, 290, 404
Nather, Priscilla, 4, 5
Nation of Islam
appeal to blacks, 61, 86–87, 88–91
bombing of mosque, 180
Chicago and, 45–46
choice between Elijah Muhammad/Malcolm X, 164, 165–66
culture within, 117
decline (starting 1970s), 277, 364
description/goals, 45, 46, 47–48, 270, 329
FBI and, 48, 137, 138, 139, 166, 170, 181, 191, 250, 271–72
growth/reasons, 49, 87
Hate That Hate Produced, The (documentary/Mike Wallace), 155
Malcolm X murder/murder rumors and, xi, 166, 179, 180, 181, 406
Martin Luther King, Jr. and, 102, 107, 124, 159–60
Mosque No. 12, Philadelphia, 271–72
philosophy/earlier individuals and, 47
police killing member (1962), 102
rules and, 172, 278, 342, 382
soapbox orators of, 60–61
violence/crime and, xi, 166, 179–81, 184, 188, 191, 271–72, 364, 406
“White Man’s Heaven Is a Black Man’s Hell, A” song and, 49–50, 86
See also Muhammad Speaks newspaper; specific individuals
Nation of Islam and Clay/Ali
banishment/taking away Muslim name and, 266–70, 275, 277–78, 307, 403
black Americans response, 152, 153, 155–56
career complications and, 119–20, 137
choice between Elijah Muhammad/Malcolm X, 164, 165–66
comments (November 1965), 202–3
commitment to, 86–91, 116, 117–19, 124–25, 138, 153–55, 157, 159, 352, 363, 364, 380–81
conversion/views, 153–55, 157, 159
criticism/controversy, 159–61, 162, 364
FBI and, 138, 139
Malcolm X murder and, 179–80, 181
minister claims, 232
money/using Ali and, 181, 199–200, 268–69, 364, 370, 403–4
Mosque No. 12, Philadelphia, 271–72
new name, 158–59
parents and, 159, 173
power over, 174, 193, 202–4, 213–14, 215–16, 217, 256
on reasons for not leaving, 406
segregation/integration views, 138, 153, 154–55, 159–60, 229, 260, 261, 285–86, 329, 365, 380
soapbox orators in New York City, 60–61, 86
Sonji questioning, 174, 181–83, 193–96
trips to Africa/Middle East to raise money, 364, 370
United Nations to
ur/plans, 157–58
Vietnam War and, 211–12, 213–14, 215–16, 232
“White Man’s Heaven Is a Black Man’s Hell, A” song and, 49–50, 90
Neiman, LeRoy, 295, 442
Nelson, Jill, 230
New York City and bankruptcy, 442
New York Times, 32, 82, 127, 134, 164, 168, 225, 231, 232, 263, 327, 336, 359, 364, 370, 372, 382, 390, 423, 424, 435, 442, 450, 454, 468, 471, 492, 519, 528, 535
New Yorker, The, 102, 115
Newcombe, Don, 311
Newfield, Jack, 337–38
newspaper strike (New York/1962), 103
Newsweek magazine, 60, 422
Newton, Huey, 216, 277
Nilon, Bob, 130, 132, 140, 161, 162, 174, 201
Nilon, Jack
Clay/Ali and, 201
Liston business troubles and, 130
Liston-Clay/Ali fight and, 123, 129, 130, 140, 161, 162, 174
Nixon, Richard M., 258, 276, 313, 321, 344, 378–79
Norton, George Washington, IV, 74
Norton, Ken
Ali fight (September 1973), 355–56
Ali/joint press conference after fight, 351–52
background/description, 344, 345, 410
boxing and, 355–56, 361, 370, 460, 462, 471
death, 531
Norton, Ken–Ali fight (1976)
fight/controversial decision, 442–43
finances, 447
planning/preparation, 432, 434, 439
situation/crimes outside venue, 442
Norton, Ken–Ali fight (March 1973)
Ali’s broken jaw/surgery, 347, 348
Ali’s injury before, 344–45
description/interest, 343–44, 345–47
Nyerere, Julius, 476
Oates, Joyce Carol, 385
Obama, Barack, 531, 535
O’Brien, Hugh, 252–53
O’Keefe, Ronnie, 22
Olsen, Jack, 14, 81, 173, 174, 206, 228
Olympic trials, boxing (1960), 55–58
Olympics (1936), 63, 204
Olympics (1952), 62, 64–65
Olympics (1956), 65
Olympics (1960/Rome), 61–67
Olympics (1960/Rome) and Clay
behavior/attitude, 61–63, 64, 66
competition/gold medal win, 65–67
in New York City before/after, 60–61, 68–70
wearing gold medal after, 68, 69
writers predictions on, 64–65
Olympics (1964), 234
Olympics (1976), 453, 477
Olympics (1980/Moscow), 476–77
Olympics (1996/Atlanta) and Ali lighting torch, 523–24
Olympics, Mexico City (1968)
black power, 258, 277
Foreman and, 342–43, 381
Owen, Tom, 15
Owens, Jesse, 63, 204
Pacheco, Ferdie
Ali’s health problems/injuries and, 301, 330, 434, 439, 449–50, 451–52, 462, 478–79, 482, 492, 504
on Ali’s personality, 160, 176
background/Fifth Street Gym and, 113–14
resigning as Ali’s ring doctor, 451–52
Page, Greg, 412
Pahlavi, Reza, Shah of Iran, 475
Parks, Rosa, 19
Pastrano, Willie, 39, 75
Patterson, Floyd
Ali fight (November 1965), 202–6, 225
boxing and, 55, 62, 64–65, 72, 81, 95, 128, 129, 138, 141, 191, 245, 329, 333
Clay/Ali wanting to fight/comments, 62, 90, 96, 357
death, 531
visiting Ali in hospital, 503
Patterson, Pat, 354
Perenchio, Jerry, 308, 366
Perez, Tony, 358
Phenner, Michael, 468–69, 470, 471, 472, 490, 491
Phillips, Dora Jean, 73
Phillips, Lionel, Jr. (Leon 4X Ameer), 180–81
Pietrzykowski, Zbiegniew, 65, 66–67
Plimpton, George, 134, 135, 137, 185–86, 293–94, 313, 321, 322, 395, 400, 401
poems by Clay/Ali, 38–39, 71, 78–379, 101, 102, 103, 104, 125–27, 131, 281, 302, 311, 390, 420, 440, 464
Poinsett, Alex, 127
Poitier, Sidney, 292, 295
Poole, Elijah. See Muhammad, Elijah
Pope, Edwin, 78, 184
Porche, Veronica
after divorce, 467, 537
background/description, 379
Belinda Boyd and, 418–21
Porche, Veronica/Ali
affair, 386–87, 388–89, 389, 390, 417, 421, 422–24, 436
Ali as father/husband, 505–8
Ali’s affairs and, 416, 507
Ali’s boxing damage and, 451–52, 478
Ali’s comeback fight/health and, 478, 484, 486, 504
car buying/birthday present, 446–47
divorce, 508
financial help and, 469, 470
Foreman-Ali fight and, 379
pregnancies/children, 436, 439, 455
wedding (US) and honeymoon, 449
wedding (Zaire), 389
Povich, Shirley, 201
Powell, Art, 98
Powell, Charlie, 96, 97–98
Powell, John, 35, 36
Powell, Kevin, 455
Powers, Georgia, 11
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 530
Presley, Elvis, 346
Prezant, Billy, 484
Price, Lloyd, 338, 407
prostitutes and Clay (1958), 40–41, 45
Putnam, Pat, 485
Qaddafi, Muammar el-, 364
Quarry, Jerry
on Ali, 375
Ali fight (1970), 290, 291–95, 295
background/description, 290, 294
boxing background, 245, 294, 329, 333
party/robbery after fight (1970), 295–96
race issues
1973 and, 344
Ali’s lectures and, 260–61
Ali’s life and (summary), 535
black teachers and, 32
changes (late 1960s to 1970s), 276–77
Chicago and, 45
Clay/Ali on segregation/integration, 124, 138, 153, 154–55, 159–60, 229, 260, 261, 285–86, 329, 365, 380
Clay’s childhood and, 14–19
domestic violence and, 29
economics/work and, 16, 23
events in 1963, 123–24
health issues and, 17
housing issues/Ali, 238, 538–39
Louisville and, 15–17
Malcom X/family and, 115
Mississippi and, 18
the North and, 45
race riots, 107, 166, 231, 260, 528
restaurants and, 38
segregation (1964 status), 154
See also civil rights movement; school integration; slavery; specific events; specific individuals/organizations
Rademacher, Pete, 72
Rahman, Abdul. See Saxon, Sam
Rawls, Lou, 410, 469
Ray, Joseph, 11
Reagan, Ronald, 288, 503
Reddish, Willie, 140
Reed, Ishmael, 464
Reeves, Donald, 327
Republic of the Congo, 368
See also Zaire
Reynolds, William
background/wealth, 68
Clay and, 68–69, 70–71, 72, 73
Rhorer, Allen J., 232
Richley, Robert, 468
Richmond, Peter, 527–28
Riley, Lowell, 170, 172, 354
Ring, The magazine, 190, 224, 229–30, 493
Rivers, Mendel, 231
Robinson, Archie, 113
Robinson, Jackie, 6, 104
Robinson, Jimmy, 80
Robinson, Sugar Ray
as boxer/celebrity, 60, 61, 77, 113, 141, 182, 378
Clay/Ali and, xiii, 60, 61, 104, 106, 114, 143
descriptions, 60, 61
entourage, 113
Rocky (movie), 411
Rogich, Sig, 490
Roi, Sonji
on Ali, 171
background/parents, 170, 171–72, 173
death, 531
description/views, 170, 171, 173, 181–82, 243
Herbert Muhammad and, 170–71, 172
meeting Ali, 171
Roi, Sonji after divorce
Ali affair, 272, 415
Ali’s victory party and, 206
Roi, Sonji/Ali marriage
Ali’s illness and, 177
apartment fire/suspicions, 180
arguments/religion and, 174, 181–83, 193–96, 214, 259, 269
descriptions/views, 181–82, 193–96
divorce and, 182, 196
meeting Ali’s parents, 171, 173
Sonji’s name change, 189
wedding, 172
Rolling Stone, 389, 462
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 93
Ross, Barney, 104
Ross, Diana, 292, 315, 320
Rudolph, Wilma
Clay/Ali affair and child, 415
Clay/Ali and, 62, 75, 415
Olympics (1960) and, 62
racing Clay, 75
Russell, Bill, 245, 248
Ruth, Babe, 93
Sabedong, Duke, 82
Saddam Hussein, 518, 529
Sadler, Dick
Ali and, 409, 410
Foreman/conspiracy theory on, 384, 389, 397, 399, 400, 410
Sadlo, Frank
Ali/Olympic torch and, 522–23, 524
background/Clay family and, 520–21
father/Ali and, 521
Sadlo, Henry
Clay family and, 29, 520
in hospital/Ali visiting, 521
Sanchez, Rodrigo, 478
Sanders, Harlan, 315
Saroyan, William, 315
Sarria, Luis, 79, 177, 354, 485
Satalof, Marc, 286
Savalas, Telly, 442
Saxon, Sam
Clay/Ali and, 90–91, 113, 177, 194, 214
King and, 410
Nation of Islam and, 90–91, 113, 181, 194, 195
Sonji/Ali marriage and, 194, 195
Sayers, Gale, 295
Schaap, Dick, 60–61, 69–70, 263
Schmeling, Max, 160
school integration
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and, 18, 31–33
problems with, 18, 31–33, 107, 123
Schulberg, Budd, 293, 309
Schulman, Bruce J., 408
Schwartz, Hank, 361, 362–63, 366, 367, 372, 385
Schwartz, Rolly, 328
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), 230–32
Seale, Bobby, 344
Seaver, Tom, 263
Sensi, Robert, 510
Sentinel high school paper/reporters, 321–22
Shabazz, Betty, 180
Shabazz, Jeremiah, 285, 454, 491
Shabazz, Lana, 354
Shakir, Zaid, Imam, 534, 537
Shanahan, Tim, 446–47, 468
Sharnik, Mort, 188–89
Shatkov, Gennadiy, 65
Shavers, Earnie, 449–51, 462
Shecter, Leonard, 254–56
Sheed, Wilfrid, 409
Shelton, Joe (“Shotgun”), 188
Shor, Toots, 104
Shorter, Jim, 245
Shriver, Sargent, 315
