Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish Community.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneier, Marc, 1959-

Contributor:

GIC Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Local Subjects:

History.

Summary:

Many people are familiar with the story of Jewish support for the American civil rights movement, but this history has another side-one that has not been fully told until now.

Shared Dreams brings to life the impressive, surprising, and long-neglected history of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s efforts in support of the Jewish community. This is a story that sheds new light on the commitment and the relationship between the Jewish and African American communities as they have struggled together to fight for justice and civil rights in our nation, and our lives.

Contents:

1 The "New Moses" 1

2 "Cease to Do Evil, Learn to Do Good": Jewish Tradition and Social Justice 11

3 The Updated Covenant 19

4 "Out of Zion Shall Go Forth the Law": King and the Jews 29

5 Montgomery: The Journey Begins 37

6 A Refugee from the "Commercial Jungle": Stanley Levison 49

7 "Moses" Returns to Atlanta 57

8 Only Rabble-Rousers Recite Psalms with Negroes 69

9 "Raging" Bull: Hell in Birmingham 77

10 All Eyes on Washington 93

11 Freedom Summer, 1964 99

12 "Our Marching Steps Will Thunder: We Survive!" 107

13 A Poisoned Fountain: St. Augustine 121

14 A Kindred Spirit: Abraham Joshua Heschel 133

15 Selma: The Ultimate Freedom March 145

16 Afrocentrists' New Target: Israel 159

17 Friendship Lost 171

18 From One Battle to Another 181

19 End of the Dream: Memphis 189.

ISBN:

9781580232739

1580232736