Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Melnick Jeffrey
Title : Black-jewish relations on trial Leo Frank and jim Conley in the New South
Year : 2000

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Preface. this book uses the example of the Leo Frank case to address the central question of Black-Jewish relations : how have African Americans and Jews been paired-as partners or competitors or sorne blend thereof-within the controlling American racial system of Black and white ? With its pitting of an African American janitor, Jim Con ley, against a Jewish factory manager, Leo Frank, in a contest to decide who was responsible for the murder of the young white woman Mary Phagan in 1913, the case is a perfect emblem for the erratic and dense history of Jews and African Americans : this history might be condensed in the image of a long and sturdy ropesorne tie strong bonds with it, others get hanged. ...