JEWISH SUPPORT OF LIBERAL CAUSES

We were the most liberal white ethnicity in America.  In the 1950s we helped champion the cause of African America, including the leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), until the emergence of Martin L. King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and others.  We defended civil liberties, fighting discrimination in the courts because it was counter to the United States Constitution.  Also, we were active in social legislation for the deprived.