Keywords
brotherhood week, intolerance, youth activism, prejudice
Abstract
On February 17, 1948, the small suburb of Somerville, New Jersey began preparations for its annual “Brotherhood Week” meeting, part of an annual national initiative to address racial and religious prejudice. That day, the planning committee for the event received the following letter from a local high school student who served on the Brotherhood Week Youth Planning committee: “Every February…Brotherhood Week rolls around...But what about the other 364 days of the year? What happens to our fine ideas of cooperation, understanding, and goodwill then? Nothing ever comes of these meetings. We, the youth of Somerville, feel there should be a continual effort along these lines, and we plan to do something about intolerance in our community [italics added for emphasis].”
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Emily
(2023)
"Vanguards of Change in the “Georgia of the North” Youth Activism in the New Jersey Civil Rights Movement,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 52:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol52/iss1/11
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