James and Esther Cooper Jackson : : Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement
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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.
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Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
PUBLISHED
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 359 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780813166254
081316625X
SUBJECTS
Jackson, James E., -- 1914-2007.
Jackson, Esther Cooper.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
African American political activists -- Biography.
African American communists -- Biography.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.