The Southern Negro Youth Congress and the Communist Party [electronic resource] : papers of James and Esther Cooper Jackson.
2012
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The Southern Negro Youth Congress and the Communist Party [electronic resource] : papers of James and Esther Cooper Jackson.
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Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012.
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English
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Summary
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.
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Date range of documents: 1932-2000.
Reproduction of the originals from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University.
Reproduction of the originals from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University.
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Jacskson, Esther Cooper.
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Archives unbound.
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Table of Contents
1. Biographical material and memorabilia
2. Clippings
3. Communist Party materials
4. Correspondence
5. Freedomways / Esther Cooper Jackson
6. Esther Cooper Jackson papers
7. Lectures
8. Notebooks
9. Smith Act materials
10. Southern Negro Youth Congress materials
11. Speeches
12. Subject files
13. Writings, published
14. Writings, unpublished
15. Writings by others.
2. Clippings
3. Communist Party materials
4. Correspondence
5. Freedomways / Esther Cooper Jackson
6. Esther Cooper Jackson papers
7. Lectures
8. Notebooks
9. Smith Act materials
10. Southern Negro Youth Congress materials
11. Speeches
12. Subject files
13. Writings, published
14. Writings, unpublished
15. Writings by others.