The Ocean-Hill Brownsville conflict : intellectual struggles between Blacks and Jews at mid-century / Glen Anthony Harris.

The history of Black-Jewish relations from the beginning of the twentieth century shows that, while they were sometimes partners of convenience, there was also a deep suspicion of each other that broke out into frequent public exchanges. The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Conflict explores this fraught rela...

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Main Author: Harris, Glen Anthony, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • In the first decades of the twentieth century
  • From Franz Boas to Richard Wright
  • The 1940s: impeded perceptions
  • Liberalism and identity in post-war America
  • The commentary factory
  • What once was old is now new
  • The radicalization of the civil rights movement
  • What liberal alliance? the Ocean Hill-Brownsville conflict
  • Conclusion.