Changing Perspectives: Black-Jewish Relations in Houston during the Civil Rights Era

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Changing Perspectives charts the pivotal period in Houston’s history when Jewish and Black leadership eventually came together to work for positive change. This is a story of two communities, both of which struggled to claim the rights and privileges they desired. Previous scholars of Southern Jewish history have argued that Black-Jewish relations did not exist in the South. However, during the 1930s to the 1980s, Jews and Blacks in Houston interacted in diverse and oftentimes surprising ways. The distance between Houston’s Jews and Blacks diminished after changing demographics, the end of segregation, city redistricting, and the emergence of Black political … continued below

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xiii, 415 p. : ill.

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Schottenstein, Allison E. March 2021.

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  • Schottenstein, Allison E. Allison E. Schottenstein received her Ph.D. in American history with a specialty in Jewish History from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently teaches at the University of Cincinnati and its Blue Ash campus.

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  • Main Title: Changing Perspectives: Black-Jewish Relations in Houston during the Civil Rights Era
  • Series Title: Texas Local Series; no. 5
  • Added Title: Changing Perspectives

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Changing Perspectives charts the pivotal period in Houston’s history when Jewish and Black leadership eventually came together to work for positive change. This is a story of two communities, both of which struggled to claim the rights and privileges they desired. Previous scholars of Southern Jewish history have argued that Black-Jewish relations did not exist in the South. However, during the 1930s to the 1980s, Jews and Blacks in Houston interacted in diverse and oftentimes surprising ways.

The distance between Houston’s Jews and Blacks diminished after changing demographics, the end of segregation, city redistricting, and the emergence of Black political power. Allison Schottenstein shows that Black-Jewish relations did exist during the Long Civil Rights Movement in Houston.

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xiii, 415 p. : ill.

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Changing Perspectives: Black-Jewish Relations in Houston during the Civil Rights Era is Number 5 in the Texas Local Series.

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  • ISBN: 9781574418293
  • Call Number: E184.36.A34 S36 2021
  • OCLC: 1201696626
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2020048226
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1851227

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Schottenstein, Allison E. Changing Perspectives: Black-Jewish Relations in Houston during the Civil Rights Era, book, March 2021; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1851227/: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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