Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theologic
Heschel in 1964
Heschel (2nd from right) in the Selma Civil Rights march with Martin Luther King Jr. (4th from right). Heschel later wrote, "When I marched in Selma, my feet were praying."
Heschel, left, presenting the Judaism and World Peace Award to Martin Luther King Jr., December 7, 1965
AJ Heschel School, 30 West End Ave; its adjoining building at 20 West End is partly visible at right
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent ac
Abraham Joshua Heschel
…Luther King Jr. called Heschel "a truly great prophet." Heschel actively participated in the Civil Rights movement, and was a participant in the third Selma to Montgomery march, accompanying Dr. King and John Lewis. The Earth Is the Lord's: The Inner World of the Jew in Eastern Europe. 1949. ISBN 1-879045-42-7…
James Reeb marching with Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, and others.
James Bevel, SCLC's director of direct action and nonviolent education, initiated and organized the first march.
Alabama Highway Patrol troopers attack civil rights demonstrators outside Selma, Alabama, on Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965
Bloody Sunday-officers await demonstrators