TONIGHT–6/17, 7pm, free webinar: "City and Suburb: The Evolving Geographies of Jewish Cleveland" w/ @marksouther @seanmartin1 and myself discussing chapters in this new book from @RutgersUPress. Free Zoom panel sponsored by @MaltzMuseum, signup link here: http://maltzmuseum.org/event/city-and-suburb-the-evolving-geographies-of-jewish-cleveland/

Quick take: in #CLE and elsewhere, Jews and AfAms have a longstanding history of coexistence and cooperation, as I discuss in the chapter & my book #SurrogateSuburbs. Also of shared living space–evident in 1937 & 1961 maps above ...
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Some topics I hope we can cover in tonight's webinar: Jewish-Black collaboration in #CivilRights, religious tolerance & #Antiracism actions going back to 1930s–for ex, WWII Community Relations Board, 1946 Euclid Beach amusement park antidiscrimination protest ...
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Jews were most active segment of white pop in 1940s-50s interracial "community council" organizing efforts, interfaith efforts in #CLE neighs like Glenville, Mt. Pleasant ...
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My co-panelist @marksouther & I have pondered the continuity between those efforts and similar, more sustained interracial mobilizations in suburbs like Shaker Heights & Cleveland Heights ...
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Other continuities to explore: former Jewish institutions' transformation into AfAm ones (mostly synagogues to churches, but also JCCs into masonic lodges, for ex) ...
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Also, Jewish-owned construction companies were most prominent among the few white firms that would build new houses for #BlackMiddleClass buyers, in #CLE and elsewhere ...
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If you want to explore in more detail, check out this map for a @SACRPH tour I did in 2017 that documents the overlapping of #CLE's Jewish & Black history: https://drive.google.com/open?id=16UUHSO3nsvZ4amzCkn7JBQthUNE&usp=sharing

Thx again @MaltzMuseum @Siegal_CWRU Temple Emanu El & Kol HaLev for sponsoring tonight's event!