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OverviewAn absorbing account of how two Jewish brothers devoted themselves to the struggle for racial equality in the United States. In the late nineteenth century, Joel and Arthur Spingarn grew up in New York City as brothers with very different personalities, interests, and professional goals. Joel was impetuous and high-spirited; Arthur was reasoned and studious. Yet together they would become essential leaders in the struggle for racial justice and equality, serving as presidents of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, exposing inequities, overseeing key court cases, and lobbying presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy. In The Spingarn Brothers, Katherine Reynolds Chaddock sheds new light on the story of these fascinating brothers and explores how their Jewish heritage and experience as second-generation immigrants led to their fight for racial equality. Upon graduating from Columbia University, Arthur joined a top Manhattan law practice, while Joel became a professor of comparative literature. The two soon witnessed growing racial injustices in the city and joined the NAACP in 1909, its founding year. Arthur began to aim his legal practice toward issues of discrimination, while Joel founded the NAACP's New York City branch. Drawing from personal letters, journals, and archives, Chaddock uncovers some of the motivations and influences that guided the Spingarns. Both brothers served in World War I, married, and pursued numerous interests that ranged from running for Congress to collecting rare books and manuscripts by Black authors around the world. In this dual biography, Chaddock illustrates how the Spingarn brothers' unique personalities, Jewish heritage, and family history shaped their personal and professional lives into an ongoing fight for racial justice. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katherine Reynolds Chaddock (University of South Carolina)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781421445519ISBN 10: 1421445514 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 07 February 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Brothers and Brotherhood 1. Sons of Determination 2. The Columbia Stamp 3. No Simple Launch 4. Roots of Activism 5. Goodbye Columbia 6. Joining by Doing 7. New Tactics for New Abolition 8. Great War; Great Debates 9. Aftermath 10. Ongoing Challenges and Final Change 11. A New Era for Old Soldiers Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsKatherine Reynolds Chaddock's The Spingarn Brothers: White Privilege, Jewish Heritage, and the Struggle for Racial Equality is an engaging dual biography of temperamentally different siblings who found ways to build and sustain the principal civil rights organization of their times. —Peace and Change Author InformationKatherine Reynolds Chaddock is a distinguished professor emerita of education administration at the University of South Carolina. She is the author of Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College and The Multi-Talented Mr. Erskine: Shaping Mass Culture Through Great Books and Fine Music. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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