This text discusses the racial tensions and struggles faced by Black people in Portland during the 1960s and 1970s.

The article discusses a Yiddish play called Mississippi, which was based on the real-life case of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African Americans falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931.

Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, discusses race relations and Black-Jewish cooperation in the United States following the protests after George Floyd's killing.

Bernard Malamud's story "Angel Levine" explores themes of belief, identity, and acceptance through the character of Manischevitz, a Jewish tailor who encounters a black angel in Harlem.

The article discusses the life and work of Ed Lacy, a successful mystery writer known for his pulp fiction novels featuring big-breasted blondes and violent confrontations.