TY - GEN N2 - James E. and Esther Cooper Jackson are African American communists and civil rights activists, best known for their role in founding and leading the Southern Negro Youth Congress (1937-48). James Jackson was head of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) Louisiana state organization in 1946, and was a Party organizer in the automobile industry in Detroit from 1947-50. He then moved to New York, becoming the Southern Director for the Communist Party. He later served as the Communist Party's Educational Director and as International Affairs Secretary, retiring in 1991. Esther Cooper Jackson served as Executive Secretary of the Southern Negro Congress from 1942-1946. She also co-founded and served as the managing editor from 1961-1986 of Freedomways, an influential African American political and cultural quarterly. AB - James E. and Esther Cooper Jackson are African American communists and civil rights activists, best known for their role in founding and leading the Southern Negro Youth Congress (1937-48). James Jackson was head of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) Louisiana state organization in 1946, and was a Party organizer in the automobile industry in Detroit from 1947-50. He then moved to New York, becoming the Southern Director for the Communist Party. He later served as the Communist Party's Educational Director and as International Affairs Secretary, retiring in 1991. Esther Cooper Jackson served as Executive Secretary of the Southern Negro Congress from 1942-1946. She also co-founded and served as the managing editor from 1961-1986 of Freedomways, an influential African American political and cultural quarterly. T1 - The Southern Negro Youth Congress and the Communist Partypapers of James and Esther Cooper Jackson. DA - 2012. CY - Farmington Hills, Mich. : AU - Jackson, James E., AU - Jacskson, Esther Cooper. PB - Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, PP - Farmington Hills, Mich. : PY - 2012. N1 - Date range of documents: 1932-2000. N1 - Reproduction of the originals from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University. ID - 867124 KW - African American communists KW - Communists TI - The Southern Negro Youth Congress and the Communist Partypapers of James and Esther Cooper Jackson. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://go.galegroup.com/gdsc/i.do?action=interpret&v=2.1&it=aboutCollections&p=GDSC&sw=w&id=4LKU&u=usi UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://go.galegroup.com/gdsc/i.do?action=interpret&v=2.1&it=aboutCollections&p=GDSC&sw=w&id=4LKU&u=usi ER -