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pseydtonne · 4038 days ago · link · · parent · post: History's Favorite Guessing Game: What If JFK Had Lived? - The Wire
He would have been re-elected, but he would have died in office from his other illnesses... or an overdose. JFK was not in good health. He was getting speedballs to tune out the constant back pain. He was going to burn out. I'm glad the article brings up the parts about LBJ making the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act happen. Another interesting point: Malcolm X may never have been assassinated if JFK hadn't. X's comment that JFK's assassination was "the chickens coming home to roost" got him suspended from his powers in the Nation of Islam. They sent him on the Hajj to get him out of the way for a while, and he came back opposed to racism. ...at least that's what I learned from a Spike Lee joint.