In the OTL, Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968. But what if he were assassinated some years earlier in the mid-1960s, say around 1965 to 1966, 1967 at the absolute latest.
WI: MLK Assassinated in the Mid-Sixties
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Which becomes fatal................in my TL...................which I am never going to get to given I keep forgetting about it. 
*Bump*
Which TL?
Which becomes fatal................in my TL...................which I am never going to get to given I keep forgetting about it.
Which TL?
I believe this will lead to a radicalization or at least a more successful radicalization of the Civil Rights movement. It might also lead to people such as Malcolm X to gain more popularity now that he does not have to contend with Martin Luther King.
Project Malcolm.
Yes, I know that's not a title, in large part because I am rolling it around in my head still. Refers to Jeff Goldblum from JP and his Chaos Theory.
Anyway, basically the sixties go to shit and George Wallace becomes President. Oh, and radical Malcolm X takes over the Civil Rights movement.
EDIT: Go figure, Russian Sailor beat me to it. Course it Sailor's case, I find it hard to see Malcolm X taking over the Civil Rights movement, being dead and all.
Yes, I know that's not a title, in large part because I am rolling it around in my head still. Refers to Jeff Goldblum from JP and his Chaos Theory.
Anyway, basically the sixties go to shit and George Wallace becomes President. Oh, and radical Malcolm X takes over the Civil Rights movement.
EDIT: Go figure, Russian Sailor beat me to it. Course it Sailor's case, I find it hard to see Malcolm X taking over the Civil Rights movement, being dead and all.
*Bump*
What is going to be the effect on the Civil Rights movement with Malcolm X dead and Martin Luther King dead?
What is going to be the effect on the Civil Rights movement with Malcolm X dead and Martin Luther King dead?
He isn't assassinated but dies earlier due to illness in All Along the Watchtower. Hasn't gone much beyond the point where he dies but further radicalization of the civil rights definitely seems the most likely result.
...I really need to read that timeline. I'm not sure how I feel about having that in a Nixon wins scenario (it's just my preference to like straight shot TL's), but I wonder how it turns out there.
I bump to continue the conversation, and ask who could replace/become more prominent to fill the void left by Martin Luther King?