Struggles in the Promised Land :: Towards a History of Black-Jewish Relations in the United States.

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...

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Main Author: Salzman, Jack
Other Authors: West, Cornel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (449 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-422) and index.
ISBN:9781602566255
1602566259
1280442948
9781280442940
1423734777
9781423734772
0198024924
9780198024927

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