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Robin Washington
American journalist and filmmaker (born 1956)
Robin Washington is an American journalist and filmmaker, born in Chicago in 1956. As a journalist and editor, he was worked for newspapers in Boston and Duluth, Minnesota, as well as for NPR.
He has made documentaries about the civil rights movement and the lives of African Americans in the United States.
In 1995 he was one of three founders of the National Conference of Black Jews, later called the Alliance of Black Jews.
Robin washington biography
It was conceived to build bridges among all African-American Jews, who are affiliated with many different groups.
Early life
Robin Washington is of mixed-race, the son of an African-American father, Atlee Washington, and Jean Birkenstein Washington, who was Jewish and of European-American descent.
Career
Washington's major work is the 1995 PBS documentary You Don't Have to Ride Jim Crow! It is a chronicle of the Journey of Reconciliation, the first Freedom Ride of whites and blacks