http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/martin-luther-king Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 15 May 2026 22:23:10 -0400 Fri, 15 May 2026 22:23:10 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/231/the-x-factor-how-malcolm-x-internationalized-the-civil-rights-movement By Jed S. Serrano - “You don’t do any singing, you’re too busy swinging”[i]. Thus spoke Malcolm X. He promulgated the new paradigm of anti-nonviolence[ii] he helped popularize during the 1960s. It had been around a decade since Brown v. Board of Education overturned the “separate but equal” laws; yet, the progress of desegregation had been stagnant. This was especially true for X who, goaded by impatience and indignation, became the symbolic antithesis of Martin Luther King and his nonviolent strategy. He called for “Black Power!” or Black Nationalism, not just as an... Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:01 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/231/the-x-factor-how-malcolm-x-internationalized-the-civil-rights-movement