1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454223303321

Autore

Theoharis Jeanne

Titolo

Groundwork [[electronic resource] ] : Local Black Freedom Movements in America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : NYU Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8147-8439-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodardKomozi

PayneCharles M

Disciplina

323.1196/073

Soggetti

African American civil rights workers -- Biography

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century

United States -- History, Local

United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century - United States

African American civil rights workers - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword by Charles Payne; Introduction; 1. "They Told Us Our Kids Were Stupid"; 2. "Drive Awhile for Freedom"; 3. Message from the Grassroots; 4. Gloria Richardson and the Civil Rights Movement in Cambridge, Maryland; 5. We've Come a Long Way; 6. Organizing for More Than the Vote; 7. "God's Appointed Savior"; 8. Local Women and the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi; 9. The Stirrings of the Modern Civil Rights Movement in Cincinnati, Ohio,; 10. "We Cannot Wait for Understanding to Come to Us"; 11. "Not a Color, but an Attitude"; 12. Practical Internationalists

13. Inside the Panther Revolution About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last several years, the traditional narrative of the civil rights movement as largely a southern phenomenon, organized primarily by male leaders, that roughly began with the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has been



complicated by studies that root the movement in smaller communities across the country. These local movements had varying agendas and organizational development, geared to the particular circumstances, resources, and regions in which they operated. Local civil rights activists frequently worked in tandem with the national civil rig

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807119303321

Autore

Flancbaum Deborah

Titolo

The Jewish woman next door : repairing the world one step at a time / / Debby Flancbaum ; foreword by Louis Flancbaum ; cover art, Arlene Sokolow ; cover design by Shanie Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jerusalem, Israel : , : Urim Publications, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

965-524-182-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Disciplina

296.0820973

Soggetti

Jewish women - Religious life - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Louis Flancbaum, M.D.; Introduction; Chapter 1. Pidyon Sh'vuyim / Redeeming Captives; Ruth Gruber; Barbara Ribacove Gordon; Alice Sardell; Chapter 2. Tzedakah / Righteousness; Naomi Eisenberger; Jenny Kaplan, z"l; Eileen Sklaroff; Chapter 3. Hachnasat Orchim / Welcoming Guests; Bessie Fishman Newell, z"l and Rachel Bess Levine; Sylvia Ruskin; Wendy Kay; Chapter 4. Bikkur Chollim / Visiting the Sick; Barbara Sarah; Zella Goldfinger and Chava Rose; Joan Posnick; Chapter 5. V'ahavta L'reyacha / Loving One's Neighbor; Eve Stern

Myriam GummermanStanlee Stahl; Chapter 6. Lo Ta'amod al Dam Re'echa / Do Not Stand Idly by While the Blood of Your Neighbor is Being Shed; Maxine Uttal; Linda Storfer; Claire Ginsburg Goldstein; Chapter 7. Talmud Torah / The Study of Torah; Sarah Labkowski; Judith Helfand; Marla Berkowitz; Chapter 8. Kavod Hamayt, Nichum Avaylim / Honoring the Dead and Comforting the Bereaved; Rena Halpern Kieval;



Leatrice Rabinsky; Ronnie Shonzeit; Chapter 9. Ahavat Zion / Zionism and Love of the Land of Israel; Stephanie Stein; Judith Darsky; Toni Wortman; Chapter 10. Rodef Shalom / The Pursuit of Peace

Letty Cotton PogrebinPaula Rackoff; Maureen Kushner; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The women profiled in this collection of absorbing essays-some known throughout the world, others known only within their own communities-all share one key trait: whether religious or secular, they are driven by their commitment to Judaism to engage in acts of kindness. In profiling women such as Ruth Gruber, who helped hundreds of Jewish refugees escape from war-torn Europe, or Wendy Kay, who regularly invites teenagers to her home for Shabbat, The Jewish Woman Next Door provides contemporary role models that readers will admire and be able to emulate.