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


Commentary magazine sees a new split in the black-Jewish alliance

“Stoking black-Jewish antagonism harms black Jews, hinders multi-racial organizing and only serves those invested in bigotry on both sides."

People take part in a protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter during a march in New York

Black nationalist antisemitism on campus requires Jews to be ‘white’

Why are positive messages of black empowerment tainted by antisemitic tropes? And why do they portray Jews, themselves reviled by white supremacists, as the ultimate symbol of whiteness?

Religious leader Louis Farrakhan gives the keynote speech at the Nation of Islam Saviours' Day convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. February 19, 2017.

New memorial for black lynching victims influenced by Holocaust memory

How Jewish memory inspired black activists and historians to remember and talk about the painful legacy of racial violence in America.

A marker on a street corner in the Soulsville neighbourhood marks the spot of the People's Grocery lynching of African-American proprietors Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell and Will Stewart in 1892, which spurred Ida B. Wells in her crusade against lynching, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 26, 2018.

ADL will no longer co-lead Starbucks diversity training

Following pressure from left-wing activists, the prominent Jewish organization will take a backseat in coffee company's all-day anti-bias training sessions.

A Starbucks cafe

Here's why Black-Jewish tensions need to end

The Jerusalem Post

Antisemitism at the core of white nationalism

The white nationalist movement – which is now re-branded as the “alt-right” – has managed to coalesce around one common enemy: the Jew.

A member of a Neo-Nazi group attends the "Day of Honour" in Budapest, Hungary, February 10, 2018, as he commemorates the breakout attempt by Schutzstaffel (SS) troops from Soviet-surrounded Budapest during World War Two.

Making friends with the KKK

African-American keyboardist-vocalist Daryl Davis employs his musical talents to stamp out bigotry.

DARYL DAVIS at Blues and Rock for Humanity this past November.

Women’s March renounces Farrakhan’s antisemitism — Kind of

“Minister Farrakhan’s statements about Jewish, queer, and trans people are not aligned with the Women’s March Unity Principles."

Religious leader Louis Farrakhan gives the keynote speech at the Nation of Islam Saviours' Day convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. February 19, 2017.

Women’s March leaders refuse to condemn Farrakhan after antisemitic speech

In recent years, Farrakhan has embarked on a wide-ranging, anti-Jewish campaign, which has featured some of the most hateful speeches of his career.

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addresses the audience at the metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in in Washington June 24, 2015.

An Afro-Jewish dialogue — opportunities and challenges in a social age

The Jerusalem Post