Just and righteous causes : Rabbi Ira Sanders and the fight for racial and social justice in Arkansas, 1926-1963 /

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"A dedicated advocate for social justice long before the term entered everyday usage, Rabbi Ira Sanders began striving against the Jim Crow system soon after he arrived in Little Rock from New York in 1926. Sanders, who led Little Rock's Temple B'nai Israel for nearly forty years, was...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moses, James L., 1960- (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2018.
Series:Arkansas history
Subjects:
Sanders, Ira E.
1900-1999
Rabbis > Arkansas > Biography.
African Americans > Relations with Jews > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > Arkansas > History > 20th century.
Rabbins > Arkansas > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Relations avec les Juifs > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Droits > Arkansas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Relations with Jews
Rabbis
Arkansas > Biography.
Arkansas > Biographies.
Arkansas
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Before Little Rock (1894-1926); 2. Rabbi Sanders Goes to Arkansas (1926-1934); 3. Race and Poverty in the Great Depression (1929-1937); 4. Birth Control, Eugenics, and "Human Betterment" (1931-1958); 5. World War II, Zionism, Cold War (1933-1954); 6. The Southern Rabbi Meets the Civil Rights Movement (1950-1957); 7. The Central High Crisis and Beyond (1957-1963); 8. Honors, Laurels, and Plaudits (1963-1985); Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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