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The Southern Negro Youth Congress and the Communist Party : papers of James and Esther Cooper Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, James E., 1914-2007.
- Series:
- Archives unbound.
- Archives unbound
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Southern Negro Youth Congress.
- Jackson, James E., 1914-2007.
- Jackson, James E.
- Jackson, Esther Cooper.
- African American communists--United States.
- African American communists.
- Communists--United States.
- Communists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (45,009 images).
- Place of Publication:
- Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012.
- 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.
- 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 Writings, unpublished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.
- Notes:
- 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.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- OCLC:
- 812204537
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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