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BLACK POWER AND PALESTINE Stanford Studies in COMPARATIVE RACE AND ETHNICITY BL ACK POW ER A ND PA LESTINE Transnational Countries of Color Michael R. Fischbach Stanford University Press Stanford, California stanford university press Stanford, California © 2019 by Michael R. Fischbach. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Fischbach, Michael R., author. Title: Black power and Palestine : transnational countries of color / Michael R. Fischbach. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018. | Series: Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018013070 (print) | LCCN 2018022580 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503607392 (e-book) | ISBN 9781503605459 | ISBN 9781503605459(cloth:alk. paper) | ISBN 9781503607385(pbk. :alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Civil rights movements—United States—History—20th century. | Arab-Israeli conflict—1967-1973—Influence. | Black power—United States—History—20th century. | African American civil rights workers— Attitudes. | Arab-Israeli conflict—Foreign public opinion, American. | Public opinion—United States—History—20th century. Classification: LCC E185.615 (ebook) | LCC E185.615 .F527 2018 (print) | DDC 323.1196/073—dc 3 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018013070 Cover design: Christian Fünfhausen Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10.5/15 Adobe Garamond To Lisa, Tara and Adnan, Grace, and Sophia This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS List of Acronyms ix Prologue 1 1. Black Internationalism: Malcolm X and the Rise of Global Solidarity 1 2. The Fire This Time: SNCC, Jews, and the Demise of the Beloved Community 31 3. Reformers, Not Revolutionaries: The NAACP, Bayard Rustin, and Israel 51 4. Balanced and Guarded: Martin Luther King Jr. on the Arab-Israeli Tightrope 71 5. The Power of Words: The Black Arts Movement and a New Narrative 91 6. Struggle and Revolution: The Black Panthers and the Guerrilla Image 111 7. Middle East Symbiosis: Israelis, Arabs, and African Americans 131 8. Red, White, and Black: Communists, Guerrillas, and the Black Mainstream 149 9. A Seat at the Table: Bayard Rustin, Andrew Young, and Black Foreign Policy 169 10. Looking over Jordan: Joseph Lowery, Jesse Jackson, and Yasir Arafat 193 viii contents Epilogue 213 Acknowledgments 219 List of Abbreviations 221 Notes 223 Bibliography 251 Index 265 ACRONYMS ACOA American Committee on Africa ADL Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith AIPAC American Israel Public Affairs Committee AJC American Jewish Committee BASIC Black Americans to Support Israel Committee BLA Black Liberation Army BPP Black Panther Party CBC Congressional Black Caucus COBATAME Committee of Black Americans for Truth About the Middle East COINTELPRO Counter Intelligence Program CORE Congress of Racial Equality CPUSA Communist Party USA LRBW League of Revolutionary Black Workers NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAARPR National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression NBPC National Black Political Convention NCNP National Conference for New Politics NNPA National Newspaper Publishers Association OAS Organization of Arab Students PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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