Dr. King dies in 1960; Malcolm X becomes civil rights leader

[reddie]

Okay, so Dr. King, Ralph Abernathy, and five other early civil rights worthies die during a bus crash in 1960. Although it takes a few years for him to build his base to Dr. King's level, by 1964 Malcolm X is the civil rights leader in the United States. Note that this is Malcolm before his religious transformation in Mecca--his message is militant and confrontational rather than reassuring to white folks. His base is the poor urban blacks of the northeast, rather than the larger and more conservative black folks of the South.

What happens? Do you think that Malcolm is probably doomed to be assassinated by the same forces that killed him in OTL? Could Malcolm be a boon for people who are against civil rights? Where does history go from here?

 

[The Uchronian]

Okay, so Dr. King, Ralph Abernathy, and five other early civil rights worthies die during a bus crash in 1960. Although it takes a few years for him to build his base to Dr. King's level, by 1964 Malcolm X is the civil rights leader in the United States. Note that this is Malcolm before his religious transformation in Mecca--his message is militant and confrontational rather than reassuring to white folks. His base is the poor urban blacks of the northeast, rather than the larger and more conservative black folks of the South.

What happens? Do you think that Malcolm is probably doomed to be assassinated by the same forces that killed him in OTL? Could Malcolm be a boon for people who are against civil rights? Where does history go from here?

I'm afraid Malcolm X pre-Mecca may have actually been a boon for anti-civil rights people already in OTL..........but the big question is, will he stay the course or go the Elijah Muhammed route?

 

[Wendell]

You'd have to kill an awful lot of people to make the former Malcolm Little be the credible leader of the civil rights movement. This is ASB short of something like "A World of Laughter A World of Tears" preceding it.