Civil rights sermons collection, 1957 Mar.-1958 Mar.

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Civil rights sermons collection, 1957 Mar.-1958 Mar.

Collection of letters, sermons, and newspaper clippings relating to desegregation and the civil rights movement in the U.S., collected by Marcus from rabbis serving Southern congregations.

200 items.

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Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1896-1995

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Jacob Rader Marcus received his rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1920; he began teaching at HUC that year. Marcus devoted most of his post-World War II historical career to American Jewish history and founded the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati in 1947 on the campus of HUC. ...