Pt. I. Matters of color. The death of Malcolm X ; A conversation at the Shabazz Frosti Kreem ; Malcolm ; Malcolm descending ; The devil in the flesh ; Allah in Paradise Valley ; THe history of the end of the world ; Malcolm redux ; Harlem ; The parable of Hinton Johnson ; What Mr. Muhammad told Dr. King ; Strangers in a strange land ; We are a world ; Waiting for Allah ; Three encounters at a picnic ; Paradise lost. -- Pt. II. The hour of the knife. At the edge of the grave ; A declaration of independence ; A declaration of war ; A pilgrim's progress ; The child has come home ; The return ; The far side of the rubicon ; On standing on the tops of trucks during riots ; The second time around ; By any means necessary ; Coming apart ; The Malcolm file ; The hour of the gun. --

Pt. III. A detective story. The first day ; What the brothers did ; The second man ; The rites of winter ; The third man ; Two matters for the police ; The ones that got away ; The Judas factor ; Trial ; Thomas ; T ; Zeroing in ; Betty ; Hayer ; Butler ; Johnson ; Confession ; Judgment ; Inquest ; The case is closed.

Pt. IV. Every goodbye ain't gone. The day Malcolm X died ; The Malcolm legend ; How John O. Killens memorialized a Black artist ; Malcolm and Martin ; What became of the lost-found Nation of Islam ; The Malcolm legacy ; The death of Malcolm X.

Pt. V. Afterthoughts: 1979.