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South of the South: Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960

South of the South: Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960

Mohl, Raymond A.

Paperback

Series: Southern Dissent

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0813029228
ISBN13: 9780813029221
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Dec 31 2003
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Using unusual and revealing primary materials from the careers of two remarkable Jewish women, Raymond Mohl offers an original interpretation of the role of Jewish civil rights activists in promoting racial change in post-World War II Miami. He describes the city's political climate after the war as characterized by segregation, aggressive anti-Semitism, and a powerful strain of cold war McCarthyism. In this hostile environment the dynamic leadership of two northern newcomers, Matilda Bobbi Graff and Shirley M. Zoloth, played a critical role in the city's campaign for racial reform. This analysis of the movement between 1945 and 1960 substantiates a new but now dominant interpretation of civil rights history that sees grassroots action as the powerful engine that drove racial change. It emphasizes the major role played by women in the cause and documents the variety of civil rights experiences of Jews who migrated to Miami in large numbers during the mid-century decades. Committed to social justice, they built activist organizations, challenged segregationists and anti-Semites, and worked with black activists to break down Jim Crow barriers.

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