LEADER 03897nam 22004933 450 001 9910838381503321 005 20230317172641.0 010 $a9781421445526$b(electronic bk.) 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30189200 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30189200 035 $a(CKB)26068963400041 035 $a(OCoLC)1368316707 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110643 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926068963400041 100 $a20230201h20232023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier5 200 14$aThe Spingarn brothers $eWhite privilege, Jewish heritage, and the struggle for racial equality /$fKatherine Reynolds Chaddock 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (206 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$aPrint version: Chaddock, Katherine Reynolds The Spingarn Brothers Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2023 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJews$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights workers$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aJews 615 0$aCivil rights workers 676 $a323.092/2 686 $aBIO032000$aSOC070000$2bisacsh 700 $aChaddock$b Katherine Reynolds$f1945-$01729601 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910838381503321 996 $aThe Spingarn brothers$94139685 997 $aUNINA