Strange Fruit - Episode Two of BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY explores the alliances between Black and Jewish communities in the first half of the 20th century, and their divides. From the Harlem Renaissance and Great American Songbook to fighting Nazis, it examines influential collaborations, frictions, and the lasting cultural and social impact of their intertwined histories.
Episode Two of BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA reveals Black & Jewish work in art & culture.
Episode One of BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA explores overlapping struggles and forming bonds.
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History is a four-part series tracing the rich, complex relationship between Black and Jewish Americans — defined by solidarity and strained by division. Drawn together by racism and antisemitism, they forged civic and cultural bonds, especially during the civil rights era. The series explores both the challenges and enduring promise of that alliance.
