Clive Webb is a reader in North American history at the University of Sussex. He is the author of "Rabble Rousers: The American Far Right in the Civil Rights Era," coauthor of "Race in the American South: From Slavery to Civil Rights," and editor of "Massive Resistance: Southern Opposition to the Second Reconstruction." His forthcoming book (coauthored with William D. Carrigan) is "Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848 to 1928."
Fight against Fear adds much-needed complexity to all too often
hastily scripted depictions of southern Jewishness during the Civil
Rights movement. Webb aims to demonstrate the diversity of southern
Jewish action and reaction. . . . With Fight against Fear, both
sides--repressive and embattled--receive their due.--Eliza R. L.
McGraw "Southern Cultures"
Fight against Fear deepens our understanding of Southern Jewish
civil rights politics considerably.--David Sheinin "Outlook"
In this volume, Webb continues the revision process with the most
important book on the subject and a must read for anyone interested
in multiple areas of research. . . . Webb offer[s] outstanding
additions to the literature and point[s] the way for future
research.--Mark K. Bauman "American Historical Review"
Webb's research is both broad and deep. . . . [His] account is the
fullest narrative that we have of what southern Jews would, could,
and did do to help African-Americans.--Leonard Dinnerstein "Reviews
in American History"
An exceptionally well written, well researched book. It is an
indispensable volume for those who are interested in the history of
Jews in the South and those seeking to understand the many-sided
historical relationship of blacks and Jews in the United
States.--North Carolina Historical Review
Corrects conventional views about the response of southern Jews to
the civil rights movement. It is revisionist history at its
best.--Jerusalem Post
The strength of Webb's study is his illumination of the context
within which southern Jews operated. . . . Webb understands the
dynamics of southern urban life and the diversity of southern
Jewry.--Journal of Southern History
With lucid prose, telling personal vignettes, and drawing
extensively on archives and interviews, the author fleshes out many
new details about southern Jewish behavior and the context within
which it must be understood. He sensitively recreates the
anxieties, compelling emotional traumas, and heroism of those who
did flout southern segregationist sentiments.--Choice
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