Title: From swastika to Jim Crow
Description: Companion to the PBS documentary chronicling the little-known story of German refugee scholars who were expelled from their homeland by the Nazis and found new lives at the historically Black colleges in the American South. Includes short histories of Black colleges in the United States, racism in Europe and the U.S. in the 30s, and Black-Jewish relations in the U.S. There is also a section on lessons learned and a reader's bulletin board, as well as a list of resources.
Subjects: Jewish Refugees, African American universities and colleges, Faculty, Political refugees, History, Jewish refugees
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century