The Spingarn Brothers: White Privilege, Jewish Heritage, and the Struggle for Racial Equality

by Katherine Reynolds Chaddock

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421445514
• ISBN13: 9781421445519
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher