Shared Dreams

by Schneier, Marc

• ISBN13: 9781580232739
• ISBN10: 1580232736
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-13
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The "New Moses"	p. 1
"Cease to Do Evil, Learn to Do Good": Jewish Tradition and Social Justice	p. 11
The Updated Covenant	p. 19
"Out of Zion Shall Go Forth the Law": King and the Jews	p. 29
Montgomery: The Journey Begins	p. 37
A Refugee from the "Commercial Jungle": Stanley Levison	p. 49
"Moses" Returns to Atlanta	p. 57
Only Rabble-Rousers Recite Psalms with Negroes	p. 69
"Raging" Bull: Hell in Birmingham	p. 77
All Eyes on Washington	p. 93
Freedom Summer, 1964	p. 99
"Our Marching Steps Will Thunder: We Survive!"	p. 107
A Poisoned Fountain: St. Augustine	p. 121
A Kindred Spirit: Abraham Joshua Heschel	p. 133
Selma: The Ultimate Freedom March	p. 145
Afrocentrists' New Target: Israel	p. 159
Friendship Lost	p. 171
From One Battle to Another	p. 181
End of the Dream: Memphis	p. 189
Epilogue	p. 193
Notes	p. 196
Index	p. 216
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