Israel In The Black American Perspective

Download or read book Israel in the Black American Perspective written by Robert G. Weisbord and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1985-03-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationship between Blacks and Jews influenced by the parallel made by many Black leaders between the Jewish ethnic consciousness and its plight and the Black counterpart. Discusses the development of pro-Zionist thought among Black intellectuals in the late 19th-early 20th centuries, and states that Zionism became a model for victimized Diaspora Blacks to copy. The initial sympathy for Zionism of Black nationalists, apart from Black Muslims who consistently displayed animosity to Zionism, changed to hostility after the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel was no longer perceived as the "engulfed underdog."