African Americans

United against hate: Why Black and Jewish communities in America must stand together

Today, amid a terrifying global resurgence of antisemitism and racism, the memory of the world-changing cooperation between Black and Jewish activists is dangerously fading.

African-American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968, centre) among other marchers is Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (far right)
Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, US February 3, 2005.

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86

 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers move in on demonstrators in front of LA City Hall during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 8, 2025.

Why do police mistake phones for guns? Racial bias in the brain, study finds

Hampton University.

US Black colleges and universities say they restricted campus activity after threats


The legacy of Jewish crusade against racial injustice - opinion

Black-Jewish relations is not something new to me. It’s something I’ve been passionate about my whole life.

US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington earlier this month.

Over 170 US celebrities join Black-Jewish alliance

The aim of the organization is to stand together to counter antisemitism and racism within the industry.

MARKELL CASEY: In some cases we are opinion shapers and we have platforms that can influence a lot of young kids.

Black History Month: We must renew black-Jewish brotherhood - opinion

We have known and felt more than the cold chill of chains and the searing crucible of bondage.

RABBI ABRAHAM Joshua Heschel with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Pathbreaking: Jew of color to lead diversity group Be’chol Lashon

Campbell, a veteran of Silicon Valley, was announced as the group’s new executive director last week, in a release timed to coincide with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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Early voting brings one million Black voters to Georgia polls

More than 3.8 million Georgians had already cast ballots as of 5 pm on Friday, compared to 4.1 million overall in the last presidential election.

People cast their ballots during early voting for the upcoming presidential elections inside of The Atlanta Hawks' State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 12, 2020

New York Times criticized for positive op-ed on antisemite Louis Farrakhan

Farrakhan has been labeled an extremist by the Anti-Defamation League and numerous other groups for a slew of antisemitic comments made over the years.

MANY OF these Jew-hating canards can be traced back to the man once known as Louis X, today more well renowned and recognized as the Reverend Louis Farrakhan Sr.

GWU Professor faking Afro identity won't teach fall semester

The university made the announcement in a statement Friday, a day after Krug confessed her decades-long deception in a Medium post.

People await a formation of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds to fly over the National Mall as a collaborative salute to first responders and other essential personnel during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2020.

A Kobe Bryant fan and the concept of ‘kavanah’ – opinion

Shame on Israelis for elevating American hysteria to a higher plane than Jewish wisdom and, more importantly, common sense.

NBA Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant speaks at a webcast to unveil his new Nike Zoom Kobe IV basketball shoe in Los Angeles

Antisemitism institute halts activities in support of African-Americans

ISGAP is an institute devoted to scholarly research on the origins, processes, and manifestations of global antisemitism.

Black Lives Matter rally in London, June 6, 2020

New study reveals why people of African descent suffer more from strokes

A team of international scientists from the UVA Health Medical Center recently conducted the largest analysis of stroke-risk genes ever undertaken in individuals of African descent.

AN AFRICAN migrant sits on the street in Tel Aviv, earlier 2018