In honour of Malcolm X, who recently passed away at the age of eighty-eight, I thought I'd post a little WI:
Malcolm faced a number of assassination attempts from the Nation of Islam (some have crudely compared him to Hitler, in regard to his ability to survive assassination attempts). What if the most well-known attempt, the one on 21 February, 1965 in Harlem, had succeeded? IOTL, the initial shotgun blast grazed Malcolm's shoulder, and the assassins from the NOI's Newark mosque were subdued, so it'd be very easy to have the shotgun blast hit him in the chest and kill him, or something.
Thoughts?
Malcolm faced a number of assassination attempts from the Nation of Islam (some have crudely compared him to Hitler, in regard to his ability to survive assassination attempts). What if the most well-known attempt, the one on 21 February, 1965 in Harlem, had succeeded? IOTL, the initial shotgun blast grazed Malcolm's shoulder, and the assassins from the NOI's Newark mosque were subdued, so it'd be very easy to have the shotgun blast hit him in the chest and kill him, or something.
Thoughts?