03897nam 22004933 450 991083838150332120230317172641.09781421445526(electronic bk.)(MiAaPQ)EBC30189200(Au-PeEL)EBL30189200(CKB)26068963400041(OCoLC)1368316707(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110643(EXLCZ)992606896340004120230201h20232023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier5The Spingarn brothers White privilege, Jewish heritage, and the struggle for racial equality /Katherine Reynolds ChaddockFirst edition.Baltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2023.©20231 online resource (206 pages) illustrationsPrint version: Chaddock, Katherine Reynolds The Spingarn Brothers Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2023 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Brothers and brotherhood -- Sons of determination -- The Columbia stamp -- No simple launch -- Roots of activism -- Goodbye, Columbia -- Joining by doing -- New tactics for new abolition -- Great war; great debates -- Aftermath -- Ongoing challenges and final change -- A new era for old soldiers -- Epilogue: Beyond brotherhood."An absorbing account of how two Jewish brothers devoted themselves to the struggle for racial equality in the United States.In the late nineteenth century, Joel and Arthur Spingarn grew up in New York City as brothers with very different personalities, interests, and professional goals. Joel was impetuous and high-spirited; Arthur was reasoned and studious. Yet together they would become essential leaders in the struggle for racial justice and equality, serving as presidents of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, exposing inequities, overseeing key court cases, and lobbying presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy. In The Spingarn Brothers, Katherine Reynolds Chaddock sheds new light on the story of these fascinating brothers and explores how their Jewish heritage and experience as second-generation immigrants led to their fight for racial equality. Upon graduating from Columbia University, Arthur joined a top Manhattan law practice, while Joel became a professor of comparative literature. The two soon witnessed growing racial injustices in the city and joined the NAACP in 1909, its founding year. Arthur began to aim his legal practice toward issues of discrimination, while Joel founded the NAACP's New York City branch. Drawing from personal letters, journals, and archives, Chaddock uncovers some of the motivations and influences that guided the Spingarns. Both brothers served in World War I, married, and pursued numerous interests that ranged from running for Congress to collecting rare books and manuscripts by Black authors around the world. In this dual biography, Chaddock illustrates how the Spingarn brothers' unique personalities, Jewish heritage, and family history shaped their personal and professional lives into an ongoing fight for racial justice"-- Provided by publisher.African AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryJewsUnited StatesBiographyCivil rights workersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryJewsCivil rights workers323.092/2BIO032000SOC070000bisacshChaddock Katherine Reynolds1945-1729601MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910838381503321The Spingarn brothers4139685UNINA