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SUMMARY:Jewish Lawyers Against Jim Crow: Newton History Series (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation that will illuminate the work of a 
 group of Jewish attorneys who mounted a campaign against the Jim Crow laws 
 in the South in the 1960s\; among them was a young Barney Frank. By 
 challenging legally-enforced segregation\, these members of the bar made 
 “the equal protection of the laws” more widely applicable even outside 
 the South. Yet what they accomplished has yet to be adequately told\, or 
 appreciated. The talk will be given by Brandeis University professor 
 emeritus Stephen Whitfield.\n\n \n\n\nStephen Whitfield is professor of 
 American Studies (emeritus) at Brandeis University\, where he taught from 
 1972 until 2016 and won two teaching awards. He is the author of ten 
 books\, including A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till (1988)\, 
 The Culture of the Cold War (1991)\, In Search of American Jewish Culture 
 (1999) and\, most recently\, Learning on the Left: Political Profiles of 
 Brandeis University (2020). He has served as Fulbright visiting professor 
 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, and also taught at the Sorbonne and 
 at the University of Munich.\n\n \n\nThis program is part of the Newton 
 History Series\, cosponsored by Historic Newton. \n\n \n\nRegistration for 
 this program will end two hours before the start time. The login 
 information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to 
 check your spam folder in case it lands there.
LOCATION:Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Lily Weitzman":MAILTO:lweitzman.ntn@minlib.net
CATEGORIES:Talks & Presentations
CONTACT;CN="Lily Weitzman":MAILTO:lweitzman.ntn@minlib.net
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URL:https://newtonfreelibrary.libcal.com/event/9335352
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