Malcolm X at Oxford Union tells one of the great unknown stories from the Civil Rights era, capturing the powerful oratorical gifts of Malcolm X and the changing world of racial politics - all from the vantage point of an old debate hall on the campus of Oxford in 1964.

Saladin Ambar is Associate Professor of Political Science, Lehigh University.

• Prologue 1964


• 1 Introduction: "This is an interesting despatch"


• 2 Extremism: "The revolution is now on the inside of the house"


• 3 Liberty: "Please forward by any means necessary"


• 4 Moderation "It is no part of the moderate to refuse to fight"


• 5 Justice "To take up arms against a sea of troubles"


• 6 Virtue "Authentic Revolutionary"