The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/african-americans/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png African-Americans | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/african-americans/ 32 32 Rev. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights icon with rocky ties to Jews, dies at 84 https://www.timesofisrael.com/rev-jesse-jackson-us-civil-rights-icon-with-rocky-ties-to-jews-dies-at-81/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:11:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3756368 Protégé of Martin Luther King, Jr. led Black causes for decades and broke barriers as a presidential candidate; he also had to apologize for referring to NYC as 'Hymietown'

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]]> Officials removed exhibit on Black soldiers in WWII over fear of Trump’s ‘ire,’ emails show https://www.timesofisrael.com/officials-removed-exhibit-on-black-soldiers-in-wwii-over-fear-of-trumps-ire-emails-show/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:58:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3710351 Holocaust museums and Jewish veterans’ groups object to the move, which had not previously been explained, as distorting memory

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]]> Peter Buxtun, who blew whistle on cruel US medical study on Black men, dies at 86 https://www.timesofisrael.com/peter-buxtun-who-blew-whistle-on-cruel-us-medical-study-on-black-men-dies-at-86/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:34:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3334285 Born to a Jewish father, Buxtun was reminded of Nazi medical experiments when he heard US health officials withheld treatment from hundreds of syphilis patients to study effects

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]]> Biden’s graduation speech goes uninterrupted after fears of anti-Israel protests https://www.timesofisrael.com/bidens-graduation-speech-goes-uninterrupted-after-fears-of-anti-israel-protests/ Sun, 19 May 2024 18:04:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3293304 At historically Black college, president calls Israel-Hamas war 'heartbreaking', says he's working for two-state solution; Morehouse school's head cites 'Palestinian Jew named Jesus'

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]]> How Jews are joining the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington on Shabbat https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-jews-are-joining-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington-on-shabbat/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:46:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3080524 About a dozen Jewish speakers will be among those addressing an estimated 75,000 people continuing the efforts that began six decades ago, and this time they include Jews of color

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]]> In Israel, leaders of US Black universities laud partnership with Jewish community https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-israel-leaders-of-us-black-universities-laud-partnership-with-jewish-community/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 08:28:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3051275 Trip comes after several high-profile incidents that, to many, indicate the Black-Jewish relationship in the US needs urgent work

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]]> On Juneteenth, US Jewish communities are reckoning with their own attitudes on race https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-juneteenth-us-jewish-communities-are-reckoning-with-their-own-attitudes-on-race/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:15:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2782746 Around the country, institutions host Shabbat and other programming aimed at educating about racism generally and also grappling with its existence in their own spaces

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]]> Biden said he’ll nominate a Black woman to US Supreme Court. Who’s in the running? https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-said-hell-nominate-a-black-woman-to-us-supreme-court-whos-in-the-running/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:30:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2692136 Nine women thought to be leading candidates; potential nominees include Leondra Kruger, the daughter of a Jamaican mother and Jewish father

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]]> Oldest US veteran of World War II, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112 https://www.timesofisrael.com/oldest-us-veteran-of-world-war-ii-lawrence-n-brooks-dies-at-112/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:30:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2678473 Amid segregation in US armed forces at the time, Brooks was assigned as caretaker in the Black 91st Engineer General Service Regiment, but still experienced enemy fire during war

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]]> The case for reparations, according to 2 Jews in the first US city to offer them https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-case-for-reparations-according-to-2-jews-in-the-first-us-city-to-offer-them/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 01:20:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2642662 As Chicago suburb Evanston compensates some Black residents for past housing injustices, Jewish mayor Daniel Biss and local Lesley Williams disagree on whether it's a good start

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]]> Jewish Democrats see Ossoff and Warnock as a heroic new Black-Jewish duo https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-democrats-see-ossoff-and-warnock-as-a-heroic-new-black-jewish-duo/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:54:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2467207 The incoming Georgia senators are linked by late civil rights hero John Lewis and by perceived racism from opponents, thus strengthening dormant relations between their communities

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]]> Jewish educator’s name removed from medical award over ‘racist and sexist views’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-educators-name-removed-from-medical-award-over-racist-and-sexist-views/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:24:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2437132 In 1910, Abraham Flexner wrote that Black people should be 'sanitarians,' rather than doctors, and should focus on preventing disease in white people

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]]> Yiddisher Black cantors from 100 years ago rediscovered thanks to rare recording https://www.timesofisrael.com/yiddisher-black-cantors-from-100-years-ago-rediscovered-thanks-to-rare-recording/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:10:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2394578 Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history

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]]> Samuel L. Jackson joins Israeli filmmaker in docuseries on global slave trade https://www.timesofisrael.com/samuel-l-jackson-joins-israeli-filmmaker-in-docuseries-on-global-slave-trade/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:40:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2401685 In 'Enslaved,' now streaming in the US and from October 11 in the UK, director Simcha Jacobovici gathers an all-star team to delve into the roots of an unmemorialized genocide

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]]> Buffalo Soldiers museum vandalized with apparent swastika https://www.timesofisrael.com/buffalo-soldiers-museum-vandalized-with-apparent-swastika/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:40:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2357336 Anti-Democratic slogan also found scrawled on the wall of Texas museum dedicated to African American soldiers

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