The Civil Rights Story: A Year's Review

Reprinted from the American Jewish Year Book, Fleischman, coordinator of race-relations activities and director of the National Labor Service of the AJC, surveys the state of civil rights in 1965, including the Watts riot and briefly details the activities of CORE, SCLC, NAACP, SNCC, and the National Urban League, as well as white-black coalitions and the rise of black power. He also discusses the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the desegregation of schools, various polls on race relations, the state race legislation, the war on poverty and the role of religious groups and labor organizations. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers, 29 p., tables. Wilcox Collection stamp to the front cover, else a Fine copy.