The hand of Esau
Subtitle: Montgomery's Jewish community and the 1955-56 bus boycott
By: by Mary Stanton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: River City Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Montgomery, AL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781579660413
Subjects: Jews -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Relations with Jews; Boycotts -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century; Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century; Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; Montgomery (Ala.) -- Ethnic relations
Description: "In 1955, the majority of Montgomery's Jews confounded Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by ignoring the Bus Boycott. The experience of the Jewish community during its first hundred years shaped its collective response to the Boycott; how the community dealt with this tension is the story of their Southern experience"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Jewish Confederates and financiers; title: The congregations : Kahl Montgomery/Beth Or, Etz Ahayem, Agudath Israel; title: Rabbi Benjamin Goldstein, Temple Beth Or, and the Scottsboro boys; title: At one with the majority opinion : Brown, the moderates and the White citizens' council; title: Rabbi Seymour Atlas, Agudath Israel, and the bus boycott; title: Communists and mongrelizers; title: Aftermath.