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- Title
"Jews Not Admitted": Anti-Semitism, Civil Rights, and Public Accommodation Laws.
- Authors
Tevis, Britt P
- Abstract
The article focuses on the Seligman affair, when Jewish banker Joseph Seligman and his family were denied stay at the The Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1877. The author explores how the Seligman affair exemplifies legal anti-Jewish discrimination and anti-Semitism, describes the legislation that disproportionately disadvantaged Jews at this time, and examines how law makers failed to ensure Jewish civil rights.
- Subjects
SARATOGA Springs (N.Y.); UNITED States; ANTISEMITISM; DISCRIMINATION in public accommodations; ANTI-discrimination laws; CIVIL rights; AMERICAN Jewish history; LEGAL status of Jews; SELIGMAN, Joseph; HISTORY of civil rights
- Publication
Journal of American History, 2021, Vol 107, Issue 4, p847
- ISSN
0021-8723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jahist/jaaa461