 While Jews were very active in the civil rights movement in the South, in the North, many had experienced a more strained relationship with African Americans.It has been argued that with Black militancy and the Black Power movements on the rise, "Black Anti-Semitism" increased leading to strained relations between Blacks and Jews in Northern communities.In New York City, most notably, there was a major socio-economic class difference in the perception of African Americans by Jews.