"Of the great twentieth century debates--William F. Buckley vs. Gore Vidal, Baldwin vs. Buckley, Chomsky vs. Foucault, and others--none was more internationally galvanizing or historically significant than Malcolm X's stand against Humphrey Berkeley at Oxford. And no one tells it better than Stephen Tuck. His riveting, highly original account traces Malcolm's evolution from working-class autodidact and Nation of Islam minister to globetrotting pan-Africanist embodying the nexus between decolonization, human rights, and black radicalism. He also trace's Oxford's historical transformation from the belly of the English Enlightenment and Britain's imperial project to the epicenter of struggles for racial justice. In short, not only did Malcolm X bring his most potent anticolonial arsenal, but he stepped into a powder keg. The result is an explosive debate and an explosive book."--Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times

Photo section follows page 106 Foreword, by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Acknowledgments Prologue: A Black Revolutionary Meets Historic Oxford 1. A Life of Travel and Discovery: Malcolm X, 1925 1964 2. Oxford, Britain, and Race, 1870 1964 3. Antiracism Protests in Oxford, 1956 1964 4. The Debate, December 3, 1964 5. After the Debate, 1964 1968 Epilogue Notes Index