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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Chaddock, Katherine Reynolds (1945-....)
Titre(s) : The Spingarn Brothers [Texte imprimé] : white privilege, Jewish heritage, and the struggle for racial equality / Katherine Reynolds Chaddock
Publication : Baltimore (Md.) : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii, 175 pages) : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168) and index
"Joel and Arthur Spingarn were privileged, white, and Jewish. Born into an upper-class
New York City family (in 1875 and 1878, respectively), the brothers quickly forged
notable careers as young professionals--Joel as a highly regarded professor at Columbia
University; Arthur as a lawyer in a top Manhattan firm. Their busy lifestyles included
interests in local clubs, hobbies, and travel. Soon, however, the two would veer off
on a very different path, one that shaped them as nationally recognized leaders of
racial justice activism and long-time heroes to thousands of Black citizens who benefited
from their persistence and generosity. Their discussions about the need for equal
rights and opportunities found them drawn to meetings of an upstart group, the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and, by 1910, Joel Spingarn was
elected to the group's Executive Committee, while his brother was named as an NAACP
vice president. Throughout their careers, the brothers both took terms as NAACP presidents
and struggled with numerous disappointments and setbacks, hand in hand with brilliant
successes, as they participated in an aggressive forward movement toward equal treatment
and rights for all. In this dual biography, Katherine Chaddock explores how their
family history, including their childhood experiences and the nature of Jewish faith
and teaching, shaped the Spingarn brothers' personal and professional lives into something
far from what might have been anticipated from their privileged backgrounds" ; "An
absorbing account of how two Jewish brothers devoted themselves to the struggle for
racial equality in the United States. In the late nineteenth century, Joel and Arthur
Spingarn grew up in New York City as brothers with very different personalities, interests,
and professional goals. Joel was impetuous and high-spirited; Arthur was reasoned
and studious. Yet together they would become essential leaders in the struggle for
racial justice and equality, serving as presidents of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People, exposing inequities, overseeing key court cases,
and lobbying presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy. In The Spingarn
Brothers, Katherine Reynolds Chaddock sheds new light on the story of these fascinating
brothers and explores how their Jewish heritage and experience as second-generation
immigrants led to their fight for racial equality. Upon graduating from Columbia University,
Arthur joined a top Manhattan law practice, while Joel became a professor of comparative
literature. The two soon witnessed growing racial injustices in the city and joined
the NAACP in 1909, its founding year. Arthur began to aim his legal practice toward
issues of discrimination, while Joel founded the NAACP's New York City branch. Drawing
from personal letters, journals, and archives, Chaddock uncovers some of the motivations
and influences that guided the Spingarns. Both brothers served in World War I, married,
and pursued numerous interests that ranged from running for Congress to collecting
rare books and manuscripts by Black authors around the world. In this dual biography,
Chaddock illustrates how the Spingarn brothers' unique personalities, Jewish heritage,
and family history shaped their personal and professional lives into an ongoing fight
for racial justice"
Sujet(s) : Spingarn, Joel Elias (1875-1939)
Spingarn, Arthur B. (1878-1971)
Juifs -- États-Unis -- 1800-....
Noirs américains -- Droits -- 20e siècle
National association for the advancement of colored people (États-Unis)
Indice(s) Dewey :
323.092 2 (23e éd.) = Droits civils et politiques - Biographie collective
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781421445519. - ISBN 1421445514. - ISBN 9781421445526 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb475125022
Notice n° :
FRBNF47512502
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : brothers and brotherhood ; Sons of determination ; The Columbia
stamp ; No simple launch ; Roots of activism ; Goodbye, Columbia ; Joining by
doing ; New tactics for new abolition ; Great war; great debates ; Aftermath ;
Ongoing challenges and final change ; A new era for old soldiers ; Epilogue: Beyond
brotherhood.
