50th Anniversary of 1964 Freedom Summer

As the Nation marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Freedom Summer, the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding - national address for Black-Jewish relations- FFEU will mark the date when three civil rights activists, one African-American and two Jewish-Americans: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner; were brutally kidnapped and murdered. 

This reception will also celebrate the historic Black-Jewish alliance of the civil rights movement as well as the 25th anniversary of FFEU by honoring Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons and its landmark efforts that rebuilt and restored the alliance. For a quarter of a century, FFEU has engaged Jewish-Americans and African-Americans in programs and activities to explore and rediscover shared values.

As FFEU marks its 25th anniversary, it reaffirms its mission of creating stronger and everlasting ties between Jewish-American and African-American communities throughout the United States, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer, and the hard work and sacrifices of the movement, and the unfortunate loss of the lives of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.