Blacks and Jews in the Black Power Movement and its subsequent scholarship

The objective of this thesis was to examine the Black-­Jewish relationship during the mid-­twentieth century as the Black Civil Rights Era transitioned into the Black Power Era (1966-1973) in Baltimore, Maryland. Another goal was to analyze the scholarship on the topic of Black-­Jewish relations during the Black Power Era already produced by other scholars, and determine whether the relationship in Baltimore mirrored or differed from the analysis of the national relationship. Lastly, the April 1968 riots which followed Dr. Martin Luther King's death serves as a case study of a singular event, which acted as a catalyst for change in the relationship.;To analyze the relationship, a heavy reliance was placed on local primary documents, especially the leading print media of both communities in Baltimore, the Afro­American Newspaper and the Jewish Times Magazine. This is a study of both individuals and organizations as representatives of the Black and Jewish communities in Baltimore, including institutions like the N.A.A.C.P., Urban League, and influential synagogues like Har Sinai and Chizuk Amuno. Ultimately, the relationship between the Black and Jewish communities in Baltimore did not conclude during the late 1960s, as many national alliances did, but shifted, becoming more nuanced and complicated.