Introduction : from rags to religion
1. Malcolm's troubled childhood / Bruce Perry
2. Embracing urban Black culture / Douglas Henry Daniels
3. A life of crime in Harlem / Louis A. DeCaro Jr.
4. Waiting to be caught / Eugene Victor Wolfenstein
1. From criminal to intellectual / William Strickland
2. Developing a new philosophy / Charles G. Hurst Jr.
3. Malcolm's prison ministry / Louis A. DeCaro Jr.
4. Support from his family / Rodnell P. Collins
ch. 3. The Nation of Islam
1. Malcolm's leadership / William H. Banks Jr.
2. Malcolm carries the message of the Black Muslims / Louis E. Lomax
3. The fanatic and his subversive cult / Clayborne Carson
4. Leaving the Nation of Islam / Jim Haskins
1. Malcolm pursued and killed / Bruce Perry
2. Possible government involvement / George Breitman
3. The link to Louis Farrakhan / Karl Evanzz
1. Following Malcolm into Islam / Steven Barboza
2. Malcolm as cultural hero / Molefi Kete Asante
3. The Nation of Islam and racial separation / Roy L. Brooks
4. Rethinking Malcolm's image / Angela Y. Davis