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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

civil rights movement

HBCU administrators in Jerusalem, July 12, 2023. From left - Harold Martin, Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University; Lazar Berman, Times of Israel; Harry Williams, President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Colonel Alexander Conyers, President of South Carolina State University; David Wilson, President, Morgan State University; and Quinton Ross, President, Alabama State University (Times of Israel)
July 14, 2023, 11:28 am
In Israel, leaders of US Black universities laud partnership with Jewish community
Trip comes after several high-profile incidents that, to many, indicate the Black-Jewish relationship in the US needs urgent work
By Lazar Berman
FILE - Singer and activist Harry Belafonte speaks during a memorial tribute concert for folk icon and civil rights activist Pete Seeger in New York on July 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)
April 26, 2023, 1:12 am
Harry Belafonte, who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96
Singer and civil rights activist once quipped he was ‘the most popular Jew in America’ due to his rendition of the Hebrew classic
By Lisa Keys
American singer Bob Dylan smiles as he performs during his show at the Colombes Olympic stadium in Colombes, France on June 24, 1981. Dylan’s entire catalog of songs, which spans 60 years and is among the most prized next to that of the Beatles, is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group. The deal covers 600 song copyrights. (AP Photo/Herve Merliac, File)
May 29, 2022, 11:29 am
Dylan rerecords ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ for auction of one disc
Christie’s may get £1m for the single – recorded in Ionic Original, the 1st new analog format in 70 years, which the songwriter’s collaborator calls ‘pinnacle of recorded sound’
By Michael Horovitz
Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington, May 1963. (AP Photo/file)
November 17, 2021, 8:36 pm
2 men convicted of 1965 killing of Malcolm X to be cleared — report
Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam to be exonerated, with prosecutors now saying authorities withheld evidence in the civil rights leader’s killing half a century ago
By AP
Photographer Andrew Feiler at the Carver School in Coffee County, Georgia, working on his project documenting the sites of former Rosenwald schools. (Jim Cottingham/ via JTA)
April 29, 2021, 4:01 am
Jewish photographer makes it his mission to preserve legacy of Rosenwald schools
Andrew Feiler’s book ‘A Better Life for Their Children’ captures the institutions funded by a German-Jewish philanthropist for Black students — which started change in the US
By Dave Schechter
Rabbi Robert Marx in video for the 50th anniversary of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs on June 16, 2014. (Screen capture: JCUA Chicago/ Youtube)
April 5, 2021, 12:58 am
Rabbi Robert Marx, pioneering Chicago civil rights activist, dies at 93
Leading Reform rabbi, community organizer fought racism and discriminatory policies, starting with early marches with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Gabe Friedman
John Lewis, D-Ga., and Norbert Bikales, who was part of the Kindertransport from Berlin to France in July 1939 following the deportation of his parents and brother to Poland, light one of six candles representing the more than six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust, in a ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2002. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images via JTA)
July 21, 2020, 2:45 am
John Lewis and the Jews: 6 moments that showcase an enduring alliance
From helping found the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition to protesting for the release of Soviet Jews, the US civil rights icon was a powerful friend of the Jewish community
By Ron Kampeas
State troopers swing billy clubs to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Alabama March 7, 1965. John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (in the foreground) is being beaten by a state trooper. (AP Photo)
July 18, 2020, 9:23 am
John Lewis, rights icon, ‘American hero’ and the ‘conscience of Congress’
Said he’d been arrested 40 times in the 1960s, 5 more as a congressman. At 78, he told a rally he’d do it again to help reunite immigrant families separated by Trump administration
By Calvin Woodward
In this May 10, 2007 file photo, US Rep. John Lewis in his office on Capitol Hill, in Washington (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
July 18, 2020, 7:42 am
John Lewis, US civil rights and Congress icon who built Jewish ties, dies at 80
Lawmaker and activist was beaten by state troopers at Selma, spoke to crowd at 1963 March on Washington; is eulogized by Bill Clinton as ‘conscience of the nation’
By Agencies
Angela Davis at the Pan African Film Festival at Rave Cinemas Baldwin Hills on in Los Angeles, California, on February 17, 2013. (Arnold Turner/Invision/AP)
January 11, 2019, 3:32 am
Members quit Birmingham board that rescinded award to Angela Davis
Officials say Jewish leadership among voices that lobbied for Civil Rights Institute to not honor African-American activist, who has supported the boycott Israel movement
By Ben Sales
A view of a Starbucks shop in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
May 3, 2018, 2:16 am
Starbucks denies speculation it ‘demoted’ ADL in its anti-bias training
Coffee chain says Jewish group ‘remains a key component’ in efforts to combat racism in its 8,000 retail outlets across the US
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Starbucks logo (photo credit: Marco Paköeningrat, via Flickr, CC-BY-SA)
May 1, 2018, 9:11 am
Starbucks drops ADL from bias training amid protests
Coffee chain denies political pressure behind decision to relegate Jewish group to consulting role
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Leaders in a Vietnam war protest stand in silent prayer in Arlington National Cemetery, February 6, 1968, including Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
From the WebJanuary 15, 2018, 12:58 pm
A mandate of morality on MLK Day
In 2018, the Jewish community is at risk of being indifferent to suffering
By Avram Mlotek and Jonathan Leener
Jack Schwartz
September 6, 2017, 12:40 pm
Jack Schwartz
Rescinding DACA and Jewish history
The Dreamers’ fate will indicate how dark America’s immediate discriminatory path
Civil rights activist, writer, social critic, and comedian Dick Gregory, talks to the crowd at the 16th annual Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, MLK Leadership Luncheon, January 20, 2016. (Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
August 20, 2017, 9:15 am
Veteran comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies
He went without solid food for weeks to draw attention to a wide range of causes, including Middle East peace, American hostages in Iran, animal rights and police brutality
By DAISY NGUYEN
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