Introduction: Love and activism
Jack and Esther's paths to activism and each other
Radical marriage on the front lines of the double victory campaign
The demise of the Black popular front in the postwar period
Family and the Black freedom movement in the early Cold War years
The Communist Party USA and Black freedom in the 1950s
Radical journalism in the civil rights years
Freedomways, the Communist Party USA, and Black freedom in the post-civil rights years
Conclusion: Esther and Jack in American history.