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Marshall Ganz, civil rights and labor activist, lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; Alicia Garza (born 1981), civil rights and Black Lives Matter activist [18] Joseph Gelders (1898-1950), Alabama physicist and activist who cofounded the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and the National Committee to Abolish ...
Historically, the Civil Rights Era-collaboration between African American and Jewish leaders has been portrayed as a significant and positive development, marking a critical alliance against racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. [62] [63] [64] This "Grand Alliance" [65] is sometimes portrayed as a "golden age" of cooperation.
Jewish civil rights activists (8 P) Pages in category "Jewish human rights activists" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.
Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not recognize.
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Lehrer waged a successful legal battle in the 1980s against the Jonathan Club and other social organizations whose members were predominantly white, non-Jewish men.
Born and raised in Pelham, New York, [1] [2] to a family of Jewish heritage, Schwerner attended Pelham Memorial High School.He was called Mickey by his friends. His mother, Anne Siegel (May 1, 1912 – November 29, 1996), was a science teacher at nearby New Rochelle High School, and his father, Nathan Schwerner (June 19, 1909 – March 6, 1991), was a businessman.