04008nam 2200709 a 450 991096851250332120251117115954.00-8147-8697-9(CKB)1000000000003404(OCoLC)55638579(CaPaEBR)ebrary10032564(SSID)ssj0000279975(PQKBManifestationID)11204932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279975(PQKBWorkID)10268384(PQKB)10141398(MiAaPQ)EBC3025567(Au-PeEL)EBL3025567(CaPaEBR)ebr10032564(OCoLC)923678064(BIP)38778457(BIP)6498154(EXLCZ)99100000000000340420001102d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGoing South Jewish women in the civil rights movement /Debra L. Schultz ; foreword by Blanche Wiesen Cook1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (252 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8147-9774-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.Going South -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Taking the Action -- Chapter 1: Going South, 1960-1963 -- Chapter 2: Moving In On Mississippi, 1963-1965 -- Chapter 3: Crossing Boundaries -- Part II: Seeking the Legacy -- Chapter 4: Uncovering Family Legacies -- Chapter 5: Exploring Many Ways of Being Jewish -- Chapter 6: Creating a Living Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.Many people today know that the 1964 murder in Mississippi of two Jewish men--Mickey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman--and their Black colleague, James Chaney, marked one of the most wrenching episodes of the civil rights movement. Yet very few realize that Andrew Goodman had been in Mississippi for one day when he was killed; Rita Schwerner, Mickey's wife, had been organizing in Mississippi for six difficult months. Organized around a rich blend of oral histories, Going South followsa group of Jewish women--come of age in the shadow of the Holocaust and deeply committed to social justice--who put their bodies and lives on the line to fight racism. Actively rejecting the post-war idyll of suburban, Jewish, middle-class life, these women were deeply influenced by Jewish notions of morality and social justice. Many thus perceived the call of the movement as positively irresistible. Representing a link between the sensibilities of the early civil rights era and contemporary efforts to move beyond the limits of identity politics, the book provides a resource for all who are interested in anti-racism, the civil rights movement, social justice, Jewish activism and radical women's traditions.African AmericansCivil rightsSouthern StatesHistory20th centuryJewish womenUnited StatesPolitical activityHistory20th centuryJewish womenUnited StatesBiographyWomen civil rights workersSouthern StatesBiographyAfrican AmericansRelations with JewsCivil rights movementsSouthern StatesHistory20th centuryOral historySouthern StatesRace relationsAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryJewish womenPolitical activityHistoryJewish womenWomen civil rights workersAfrican AmericansRelations with Jews.Civil rights movementsHistoryOral history.323.1/196073/00923924Schultz Debra L1871547MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968512503321Going South4480417UNINA