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Jocie: Southern Jewish American Princess, Civil Rights Activist

By Jocelyn Dan Wurzburg, Jacque Hillman (Editor), Jesse Hillman (Editor)
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What an adventure I have had converting from a typical Southern Jewish American Princess into an honored civil rights activist. After Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in my town, I started calling my maid "Mrs." -- while my husband and children didn't. The family's prominence in business gave me the security to change.

Born in 1940, I hit adulthood in Memphis during its 1960s turmoil. My value system was turned upside down. I tried to straddle the life I was reared to live and the li...

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