Join us in a conversation with Ross Brann, Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies and Reverend Dr. Kenneth Clarke, Sr., Director, Cornell United Religious Work about the history of Blacks and Jews in America, particularly in the 20th Century, coupled with discussion between the audience and panelists on the current state of Black/Jewish interaction. Introduction from Harold Tanner Dean Gretchen Ritter, College of Arts & Sciences.
This event is sponsored by The College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell Religious United Work (CURW), Africana Studies and Research Center, Jewish Studies Program, American Studies Program, Cornell Hillel, OADI (Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives), Near Eastern Studies, Center for Intercultural Dialogue, and ALANA (African Latino Asian Native American), Black Graduate Professional Student Association (BGPSA), Ujamaa Residential College and Cornell Student and Campus Life.
Photo from teacherweb.com: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel were towering spiritual, intellectual and activist figures who symbolize the Black/Jewish coalition largely focused on the fight for civil rights for both groups throughout the first six decades of the 20th Century, and the expansion of the civil rights struggle to human rights activism.
