Happy Hanukkah!
For Day 4 of Hanukkah, we'll be exploring Jewish contributions to the American Civil Rights movement for African American liberation!
#123 - Stanley Levison, friend of Martin Luther King Jr. who chiefly wrote his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech.
#124 - Joel Spingarn, civil rights activists who assisted in the formation of the NAACP.
#125 - Lillian Wald, an American nurse involved in the founding of the NAACP.
#126 - Jacob Billikopf, nationally known public service worker who was recruited by the NAACP in 1914.
#127 - Stephen Wise, a reform rabbi and Zionist recruited by the NAACP in 1914.
#128 - Julius Rosenwald, a businssman and philanthropist who gave to many funds for the liberation and success of African Americans.
#129 - Jacob Schiff, philantropist who assisted in funding for civil rights movements and the disadvantaged.
#130 - Henry Moskowitz, a Romanian-born civil rights activists who co-founded the NAACP.
#131 - Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, civil rights activists.
For Day 4 of Hanukkah, we'll be exploring Jewish contributions to the American Civil Rights movement for African American liberation!
#123 - Stanley Levison, friend of Martin Luther King Jr. who chiefly wrote his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech.
#124 - Joel Spingarn, civil rights activists who assisted in the formation of the NAACP.
#125 - Lillian Wald, an American nurse involved in the founding of the NAACP.
#126 - Jacob Billikopf, nationally known public service worker who was recruited by the NAACP in 1914.
#127 - Stephen Wise, a reform rabbi and Zionist recruited by the NAACP in 1914.
#128 - Julius Rosenwald, a businssman and philanthropist who gave to many funds for the liberation and success of African Americans.
#129 - Jacob Schiff, philantropist who assisted in funding for civil rights movements and the disadvantaged.
#130 - Henry Moskowitz, a Romanian-born civil rights activists who co-founded the NAACP.
#131 - Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, civil rights activists.