From Swastika to Jim Crow
Race and Society in Nazi Germany and the United State
Film Screening and Discussion
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7:00pm
Location: Morgan State University, Student Center Theater, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD
FREE – Advanced Registration Required
Professor Ernst Borinski teaches in the Social Science Lab at Tougaloo College in Mississippi in 1960. Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archvies and History.
Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Robert M. Bell Center for Civil Rights in Education for a film screening that will explore the encounter between two groups targeted by oppression, brutality, and forced segregation who were brought together by World War II and racism in their societies.
Having escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s, Jewish scholars arrived in the United States only to face antisemitism at major universities. Many secured jobs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBUCs) in the South where they formed a special bond with students and communities.
A panel discussion will follow the screening.
Speakers:
Charles L. Chavis, Jr., PhD – Assistant Profession for Conflict Resolution and History, George Mason University
Rebecca Dupas – Coordinator, Community Partnerships, Youth and Community Initiatives, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Steven Fischler – Producer, From Swastika to Jim Crow
Moderator: Edna Friedberg, PhD – Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
For registration assistance, please call 202-466-8565. For more information, please contact events@ushmm.org.
Presented in partnership with Morgan State University, the Baltimore Jewish Council, and the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
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