Blacks -- Relations with Jews
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Race Relations Work records
Collection — Box 28
Identifier: 026
Scope and Contents
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B'nai B'rith Race Relations Work records provide documentation of the organization's work in human and race relations. The ADL was founded in 1913 "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all." Although the organization was founded to primarily combat anti-Semitism, it grew defend the civil rights of all people and to promote relations between groups. The records in this collection contain...
Dates:
Created: 1946-1982
Marguerite Cartwright papers
Collection
Identifier: 72
Content Description
The papers of actress, journalist and educator Dr. Marguerite Cartwright chronicle her personal life, career and academic endeavors. The collection encompasses 165.59 linear feet and provides an in-depth look at African Americans and world affairs, contemporary issues facing the United States in the mid-twentieth century, the anti-colonialism movement following World War II, and the United Nations through her work as an accredited UN correspondent for the Pittsburgh Courier. She was...
Dates:
1912-1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Marguerite Cartwright papers
Kivie Kaplan papers
Collection
Identifier: 207
Scope and Contents
The Kivie Kaplan papers document the civic, philanthropic, and civil rights activities of Kivie Kaplan. The collection highlights the contentious relationship nationally between African Americans and Jews in the 1970s, the Civil Rights Movement post-1968, and American anti-Semitism. The collection encompasses 2.9 linear feet of correspondence ephemera, minutes, invitations, photographs, reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, collected writings and publications. The...
Dates:
Created: 1955-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1971-1975; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Kivie Kaplan papers
Save Our Schools records
Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 329
Scope and Contents
The Save Our Schools records document the efforts by this organization, which was founded in April 1960 to maintain free public education in New Orleans during the integration of the public school system. The collection contains organizational records, as well as newspaper clippings and publications collected by SOS and its members. The bulk of the materials within the Save Our Schools collection spans the years 1957 to 1962, with correspondence dating from 1960 to 1962. The...
Dates:
Created: 1957-1963; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1978
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Save Our Schools records
Herbert L. Seamans papers
Collection
Identifier: 336
Scope and Contents
The papers of Herbert L. Seamans mainly consist of manuscripts of his writings for articles, presentation papers and speeches (1939-1956) regarding intergroup and human relations education. Much of his writings were produced during his time as Director of the Commission on Education Organizations of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) and as Director of Intergroup Education Workshops at the School of Education at Stanford University. The small amount of correspondence...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1939-1956; Other: Date acquired: 09/01/1971
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Herbert L. Seamans papers