{"product_id":"african-americans-and-jews-in-v-p-franklin-9780826211972","title":"African Americans and Jews in the Twentieth Century: Studies in Convergence and Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1993 distinguished historian Nancy L. Grant organized \"Blacks and Jews: An American Historical Perspective,\" a conference held at Washington University in St. Louis and dedicated to the exploration of Black-Jewish relations in twentieth-century America. Featuring presentations by historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this conference reflected Grant's devotion to scholarship on multicultural relations and the continuing struggle for racial equality in the United States. After Grant's untimely death in 1995, V. P. Franklin and the other contributors completed the work of readying these essays for publication with the assistance of the coeditors. \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans and Jews in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e is the culmination of the innovative research and ideas presented at the conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the long struggle to bring social justice to American society, Blacks and Jews have often been close allies. In both the past and the present, however, there has also been serious conflict and competition between the groups in social, economic, and political spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the complexity of the relationships between Blacks and Jews in America, these essays examine the convergence and conflict that have characterized Black-Jewish interactions over the past century. \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans and Jews in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e provides an intellectual foundation for continued dialogue and future cooperative efforts to improve social justice in this society and will be an invaluable resource for the study of race relations in the United States in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. P. Franklin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826211976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826211972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.33w x 1.26d","brand":"V. P. Franklin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46738988990719,"sku":"9780826211972","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b73c668-4519-4bd1-9fc5-cacc833b3a38.jpg?v=1743276874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-americans-and-jews-in-v-p-franklin-9780826211972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}