12024-09-13T13:13:45-07:00Dawn Schmitz058a3a82673b345aeb84d7969cae24e0a5c62dd1413247Golden often spoke about the ironies of being a “lone Jew in a small Southern town.” This version is excerpted from "Harry Golden," a Vanguard Records LP (VRS 9102), and a segment called "New from the American Dream World," circa 1962. It was most likely recorded at an NAACP fundraiser in New York.Harry makes jokes about being a Jew in the South in front of a live audience.plain2024-10-29T14:25:54-07:00"Harry Golden," Vanguard Records LP (VRS 9102)circa 1962soundVanguard RecordsThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). If you have additional information about any of the materials in this collection, or if you believe that you own the copyright, please contact us and include a specific description of the material in question.Golden, Harry, 1902-1981Harry GoldenDawn Schmitz058a3a82673b345aeb84d7969cae24e0a5c62dd1
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12022-09-19T15:43:24-07:00Golden goes South25plain2024-10-29T14:15:43-07:00Golden headed South to start a new life after prison. By the early 1940s he was selling ads and writing for small papers, including the Charlotte Labor Press and Dixie Farm News. He was immediately fascinated by the extent of segregation he witnessed in everyday life. Golden would later claim he moved South in order to write about the simmering civil rights movement, but in reality it was a combination of nerve, insatiable curiosity about his fellow human beings, and an accident of timing that put him in a front-row seat for the revolution.
Brash newcomer
Golden was welcomed by business leaders in Charlotte's Jewish community, including I.D. Blumenthal, Arthur Goodman, Maurice Speizman, and Hermann Cohen. They encouraged Golden to launch an interfaith newspaper by 1941, then watched with mixed feelings as it grew into a quirky personal journal full of his irreverent wit and self-promotion. Golden often poked fun at the foibles and what he saw as hypocrisies of his fellow Jews, especially those in the South. The statement, “Harry Golden does not speak for me” was a frequent declaration by some members of the Charlotte Jewish community.
