Blacks and Jews in New York City

[scrollgirl]

Can anybody point me toward good reference material on the history of blacks and Jews in New York City, from the 1950s to today, with specific focus on the 70s? I'm trolling the internet, bouncing from Wikipedia to the New Black Panthers article on the Anti-Defamation League's website to an article on Jewish Dominance and Exploitation of the Black

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[dlgood]

I don't have any good info on the topic, but there's a lot of ambivalence in terms of my own family.

My parents were born in the mid-to-late 1940s and if they had any black friends or acquaintences growing up, I wouldn't know it. As far as I can tell, neighborhoods weren't very integrated -- they were in all-jewish, all-italian neighborhoods for the most part.

Socially, my family has generally had moderate-to-liberal political attitudes and I know both of my parents were supporters (though not activists) during the Civil Rights movement hedeys...

The one I can remember is a cousin of mine who was a professional trumpet player for many years, and the only time he's discussed blacks outside of a political context it was to disparage the work ethic of the african american musicians he'd played with. That said, this cousin critizes everyone and complains about everything, so I don't know if it's racism or general misanthropy and such...

Bascially, I come from a family where my parents and cousins have said the "right" things in terms of race relations -- but I think did so without really having the day-to-day involvement to make it more than an academic matter.