03187nam 2200685 450 991079775500332120230120062829.00-8131-6673-X0-8131-6626-80-8131-6627-6(CKB)3710000000511121(EBL)4012426(StDuBDS)EDZ0001374844(OCoLC)923250353(MdBmJHUP)muse47556(Au-PeEL)EBL4012426(CaPaEBR)ebr11118848(CaONFJC)MIL839278(MiAaPQ)EBC4012426(MiAaPQ)EBC4013012(EXLCZ)99371000000051112120151007h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierJames and Esther Cooper Jackson love and courage in the Black freedom movement /Sara Rzeszutek HavilandLexington, Kentucky :University Press of Kentucky,[2015]©20151 online resource (385 p.)Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth CenturyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8131-6625-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.This collective biography of James and Esther Cooper Jackson argues that, in the face of major political transformations, activists responded to new political contexts and drew on their own personal needs, demands, and relationships to craft their contributions to the black freedom movement.Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth CenturyAfrican American civil rights workersBiographyAfrican American political activistsBiographyAfrican American communistsBiographyMarried peopleUnited StatesBiographyAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican American civil rights workersAfrican American political activistsAfrican American communistsMarried peopleAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistory323.092BHaviland Sara Rzeszutek1575270MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797755003321James and Esther Cooper Jackson3852081UNINA