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Topeka, Kan., instigated the law-
suit Brown vs. Board of Education.
That 1954 Supreme Court deci-
sion put an end to legally mandat-
ed racially segregated schools.
Though the plaintiff named was a
different person with the same sur-
name, a black man named Oliver
Brown, the whole effort began
because Esther Brown resented the
fact that her housekeeper's children
were receiving an inferior educa-
tion. She persevered though harass-
ment and threats, her husband los-
ing his job and a cross being
burned on their lawn.
• The Reform movement urged its
members to get involved with the
at the press conference announcing
Freedom Rides, which began in 1961
King's 1965 march from Selma to
in an effort to integrate Southern
Montgomery, Ala., which prompted
transportation and bus stations.
hundreds of marchers to wear what
Consequently, nearly two-thirds of all
they called "freedom caps."
white Freedom Ride participants were
• King met Rabbi Abraham Joshua
Jewish.
Heschel for the first time at a confer-
• Among the group of clergymen
ence on religion and
known as the Tallahassee
10, arrested in that
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: race in 1963 and
became close, with
"Without overlooking the
Florida city in 1961 for
towering differences between King callinF, Heschel
protesting segregation,
the Negro andJezvish
"my rabbi." They
were two Reform rabbis
lesson
of
appeared
together
from New Jersey. One of experiences, the
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jeans mass involvement
many times, most
them, Rabbi Israel
in social and political
famously when
Dresner, had a close per-
action
and edztcation is
Heschel joined the
sonal relationship with
worthy emulation."
march from Selma to
King until his assassina-
Montgomery In
tion.
1968, King spoke at the Conservative
• The Rev. James Bevel, a leader of
movement's Rabbinical Assembly
the Southern Christian Leadership
convention. When he entered the
Conference in Selma, Ala., liked to
hall, he was greeted by 1,000 rabbis
wear a yarmulke because it expressed
singing "We Shall Overcome" in
his affection for the Hebrew prophets
Hebrew. King was planning to join
and also helped him stay out of jail.
the Heschel family for a Passover
Since "Mississippi sheriffs were so
seder that year, but was assassinated
mystified by the sight of a Negro
before he could.
preacher in a 'Jewish beanie' they pre-
ferred to let him alone." He wore one
— Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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ties," Rabbi Schneier says. "At the
same time, we see more and more
African Americans standing up to
those pronouncements.
"Two years ago, the Foundation for
Ethnic Understanding conducted the
first national poll of black-Jewish rela-
tions, and the majority [of respon-
dents] believed that relations are get-
ting better.
"The great challenge in the 21st cen-
tury will be economic cooperation. The
Rev. Jesse Jackson and I are working on
creating a black-Jewish economic
roundtable in New York, identifying
key leaders to see if we can create men-
toring programs and economic initia-
tives for people who are less fortunate."

Schneier, also active with the multi-
denominational Commission of
Religious Leaders of New York City,
hopes his book will encourage ethnic
understanding among young people
and plans to develop teaching aids so
the message of cooperation reaches out
to high school students with diverse
backgrounds.
"Dr. King understood that a people
who fought for their rights were only
as honorable as their concern for the
rights of all people," Schneier says.

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