From Abraham to Obama : a history of Jews, Africans, and African Americans / Harold Brackman and Ephraim Isaac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brackman, Harold David, author.

Isaac, Ephraim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Relations with Jews.

African Americans.

Jews--United States--Politics and government.

Jews.

United States.

Politics and government.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xvii, 288 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2015]

Summary:

"This book is a long awaited work on discovering and re-discovering the long standing relations, at times warm and supportive, and at other times conflicted, and troubled linkages between Jews and African Americans in the context of American history. However, these two prominent writers go beyond the long and troubled history of Jews and African Americans in the United States, by exploring the historical origins of these two peoples by stretching their narrative to Africa and Israel and the politics therein. Brackman and Isaac are nothing but honest about their strong feelings and closely examine the historical data of these relationship in searching for an understanding of the tortured paths that it may have taken. It is a book that will be part of the controversy, but also, an essential part of the on-going conversation on the links and at times, challenging but on-going conversation"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / by David Brion Davis

Preface / by Harold Brackman

Preface / by Ephraim Isaac

Introduction: Diverse encounters, shared destinies

Old World backgrounds : the Bible, race, and slavery

New World origins

From slavery to freedom

Photos

Jews, African Americans, and the making of modern Harlem

"Let's face the music and dance" : African Americans, Jews, and popular culture

The African American-Jewish civil rights coalition : backgrounds and contexts

The African American-Jewish civil rights coalition : triumphs and tribulations

Zionism in black and white

African and African American Jews in global perspective

Conclusion: Jews, Africans, and African Americans in "the age of Obama"

Afterword / by Abraham Cooper.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781569024553

1569024553

OCLC:

914136940