SCHULTZ, Debra L.

Going South: Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement

New York: New York University Press, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; beige paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in maroon on spine; dustjacket; xxii, 229pp; illus. Fine in a Fine dustjacket.

Collection of oral histories of Jewish women who had "come of age in the shadow of the Holocaust and deeply committed to social justice - who put their bodies and lives on the line to fight racism...Representing a bridge between the sensibilities of the early civil rights era and contemporary efforts to move beyond the limits of identity politics, the book provides both a challenge and a resource for all who are interested in anti-racism, the civil rights movement, social justice, Jewish activism, and radical women's traditions" (from front flap). With a foreword by Blanche Wiesen Cook.

Price: $25.00

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