Civil Rights Stories You've Never Heard About | Unpacked

The Black community continued to face discrimination under the racist Jim Crow laws in the South which led to the civil rights movement. Jews across the United States, by overwhelming majority, joined the cause to end segregation and supported the civil rights cause. The partnership between the communities was, in some ways, epitomized by the little-known story of Esther Swirk Brown, a Jewish homemaker from Kansas City, and her legal crusade to end school segregation

Disclaimer: While Jews are a diverse, multi-racial people, in this video when we speak about the interactions between the Black community and the Jewish community we are speaking about Ashkenazi Jews.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:31 The Jim Crow Laws
01:24 Esther Swirk Brown, desegregating school
02:59 Emmett Till and Rosa Parks
03:35 Jewish contributions to the black struggle
04:11 Lynching of black and Jewish activists
04:42 Arrest of 17 rabbis with Martin Luther King
04:57 Martin Luther King's relationships with Jewish leaders
05:08 Jewish leaders at "I Have a Dream" speech
05:27 Jewish opposition in the South to desegregation
06:21 White terrorism against Jewish supporters of desegregation
06:49 Split over public Jewish support for desegregation
08:06 Jewish role in Civil Rights Movement as a source of pride

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[londondiaries]

Dr MLK also supported the existence of the state of Israel for the Jewish ppl.He also gave speeches in support of Israel on many occasions ❤️🙏

[johnsimca]

The role of Jews in the Civil Rights Movement is sometimes forgotten

[davidbobo]

My uncle in Atlanta knew Dr. king . He owned a pharmacy and would help after the violence from the haters . Yes real religious Jews acting accordingly . Yes it also gives me pride of my people sometimes .

[thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles]

The Jewish people have been supportive of Black's- our thanks has been Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson and AL Sharpton to name a few. I would love to see Black Americans stand up for Jews.

[laurencepokras]

This has only 454 views sad//// should be WAY more this was Amazing had no idea....Thank you !

[jeremyoakman]

You should tell this to Whoopi Goldberg

[PongRipper-imzp]

The Jewish Black American bond will not be broken. Keep spreading awareness. They arent bigots, they just dont know!!!

[boyclean]

Also Jews that intermarry aren’t religious Jews a Orthodox Jew would never do that

[Figue-]

This is exactly the subject of the PhD at Cambridge of Sasha Baron Cohen

[TheHoodVoice]

There was never a large Jewish support of the black community in the civil rights movement, because they were seen as white and dud not want to lose their privilege and I understand that but let’s stop pushing this lie on the black communty. Do black Americans constantly bring up our fight in World War II ? Because it seems like we’re being told that we owe our support. After WW2 black men came home still facing the same racism, we did during the war and before and I can’t find any real evidence of wide spread support from the American Jewish community.

[jayrosen]

Medicare Products, That doesn't make ALL African Americans Jew haters!!

[TorahEternity]

it seems like blacks has forgot who supported them all the way along

[MartinMartinm]

So you're saying jews playing a key role behind the civil rights movements isn't a conspiracy theory? Which is it?

[AshtonOrtega]

“Jews and blacks” real nice…… sounds racist

[yuda]

Enough justifying judaism and jewish people. Anybody got a problem with us - raise your fists. The world needs a reminder of who we are.

[SuperDub]

Deuteronomy 28:46 says that Signs would be upon the Israelites for breaking Gods commandments. These signs prove who the Israelites are today. The so called blacks, Hispanics and native Americans have numerous signs upon us. Example.
"United States v. Schooner Amistad, 40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518 (1841), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad in 1839."
Now Deuteronomy 28:68 says that we would be taken into slavery by way of SHIPS 🚢! So why aren't the so called African Americans being taught that we are the Israelites according to the bible??🧐🧐

[ZamirMalachi]

I studied before that if a convert becomes a Jew he is still not allowed to marry an already born Jewish woman from the faith only a convert is allowed to marry another convert in Judaism but what is the difference because a convert is just as equal as a born Jew I don't know maybe this is not true but I studied this maybe someone else can tell me something different and if this is so that is definitely racist period 🤯🤔

[blyfe]

BLACK HISTORY IS ISRAELITE HISTORY! DEUTERONOMY 28:68

[ZamirMalachi]

Judaism teaches segregation against the gentiles non-jews so isn't that a form of racism or prejudice 🕍🕎🇮🇱👿☠️🤔🤯💯