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South of the South - Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami 1960 (Paperback, First)
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South of the South - Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami 1960 (Paperback, First)
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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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