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I've done a search, and it's been three years -- so let's have a new discussion, eh?

I'm reading Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable; in the introduction, the author points out a few specific things on the day of his assassination that, if done differently, could have led to the attempt on his life failing. Including the decision not to search people filing in to the OAAU event, and (if I remember correctly) the decision to not have Malcolm's bodyguard next to him while he was speaking.

And even if you don't have any of that change, I'd imagine it'd be pretty easy to have Malcolm only be wounded.

So...

What kind of fallout would result from a failed assassination attempt, if the attempt even goes forward? And overall, what would the future hold for Malcolm? He was only 39 when he was assassinated -- he could have possibly been alive today, at the age of 88.

Also, how likely is it that there would have been other assassination attempts, really?
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