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Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Papers TAM.347
Descriptive Summary
| Creator
- dnr:
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Jackson, James E., 1914-2007 |
| Creator
- dnr:
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Jackson, Esther Cooper |
| Title: |
James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1917-2018 |
| Dates [bulk]: |
1937-1992 |
| Abstract: |
James E. Jackson (1914-2007) and Esther Cooper Jackson (1917- ) 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. In 1951
he was indicted under the Smith Act, and became a fugitive until 1955. 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 1961-86 of Freedomways, an influential African American political and cultural quarterly. The papers contain
clippings of articles by and about Jackson; correspondence of both Esther Cooper and
James E. Jackson, including the Jacksons' voluminous World War II correspondence with
each other; James Jackson's lectures, research notebooks, speeches, and writings and
subject files. Also included are correspondence, internal documents and printed ephemera
pertaining to the Southern Negro Youth Congress, and to Freedomways, legal and other materials pertaining to the Smith Act indictments of James Jackson
and other communists as well as Communist Party internal documents.
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| Quantity: |
37.50 Linear Feet in 26 record cartons, 5 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 6 oversize flat boxes,
1 small flat box, 1 small box, and 2 flat file folders
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| Quantity: |
10 sound tape reels |
| Language: |
Materials are in English. |
| Call Phrase: |
TAM.347 |
