As with your recent post on documentaries of Frederick Wiseman and current documentaries nominated for Oscars, and with this post on the complicated alliances between Black and Jewish Americans, you make it clear that these difficult stories are being told, we just have to see and listen.
As another commentator has said, it's depressing and hard. But of course that is just why it is so important that these stories be brought to our attention.
It's odd that, in citing the song "Strange Fruit" the result of Black-Jewish collaboration, the author mentions Milt Gabler but does not name the composer, the Abel Meeropol, a Jewish Communist and (maybe not relevant here) the adoptive father of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons. The show itself does credit him.
Thank you.
As with your recent post on documentaries of Frederick Wiseman and current documentaries nominated for Oscars, and with this post on the complicated alliances between Black and Jewish Americans, you make it clear that these difficult stories are being told, we just have to see and listen.
As another commentator has said, it's depressing and hard. But of course that is just why it is so important that these stories be brought to our attention.
Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, built 5,000 schools, shops and teacher homes for African-Americans across 15 Southern states between 1917-1932.
Yes, this is discussed in the series -- another incredible example of Black-Jewish partnership.
It's odd that, in citing the song "Strange Fruit" the result of Black-Jewish collaboration, the author mentions Milt Gabler but does not name the composer, the Abel Meeropol, a Jewish Communist and (maybe not relevant here) the adoptive father of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons. The show itself does credit him.
Thank you for this great article, Meredith ❣️