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1 online resource (449 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
Recent flashpoints in Black-Jewish relations--Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, the violence in Crown Heights, Leonard Jeffries' polemical speeches, the O.J. Simpson verdict, and the contentious responses to these events--suggest just how wide the gap has become in the fragile coalition that was formed during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Instead of critical dialogue and respectful exchange, we have witnessed battles that too often consist of vulgar name-calling and self-righteous finger-pointing. Absent from these exchanges are two vitally important and potentially healing elemen. |
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Introduction; 1 The Curse of Ham: A Case of Rabbinic Racism?; 2 The Medieval Background; 3 Jews in the Slave Trade; 4 "The Law of the Land is the Law": Antebellum Jews, Slavery, and the Old South; 5 Between Words and Deeds: Jews and Blacks in America, 1880-1935; 6 Blacks and Jews: The Struggle in the Cities; 7 Long-Distance Runners of the Civil Rights Movement: The Contribution of Jews to the NAACPand the National Urban League in the Early Twentieth Century; 8 Negotiating Coalition: Black and Jewish Civil Rights Agencies in the Twentieth Century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Relations with Jews.
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African Americans -- Relations with Jews. |
| Indexed Term |
African Americans - Relations with Jews. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
West, Cornel.
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| Other Form: |
9780195088281 |
| ISBN |
9781602566255 (electronic book) |
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1602566259 (electronic book) |
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