Introduction to "Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They're Anti-White"

In 1967, James Baldwin, a novelist, poet, and civil rights activist, wrote an article trying to explain why after all that Jews had done for the Civil Rights Movement some African Americans could be anti-Semitic. The document below is an excerpt from Baldwin's article.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Introduction to "Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They're Anti-White"." (Viewed on April 16, 2024) <http://jwa.org/node/11971>.