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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Esther_Cooper_JacksonEsther Cooper Jackson - Wikipedia

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   Esther Victoria Cooper Jackson (August 21, 1917 – August 23, 2022) was an American civil rights activist, social worker, and communist activist. She worked with Shirley Graham Du Bois , W. E. B. Du Bois , Edward Strong, and Louis E. Burnham , and was one of the founding editors of the magazine Freedomways , a theoretical, political and ...

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   • Born: Esther Victoria Cooper, August 21, 1917, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.

   • Known for: Freedomways
   • Died: August 23, 2022 (aged 105), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

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3. www.nytimes.com › esther-cooper-jackson-deadEsther Cooper Jackson, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 105

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   Aug 31, 2022 · Esther Cooper Jackson, whose voice for racial equality in the 1940s would elevate her into the vanguard of the civil rights revolution of the mid-20th century, died in Boston on Aug. 23, two...

4. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2022/09/09Esther Cooper Jackson, early civil rights activist, dies at ...

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   Sep 10, 2022 · Esther Cooper Jackson, a civil rights activist, feminist and onetime member of the Communist Party who was regarded by the end of her life as an elder stateswoman of the American left, died...

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6. www.peoplesworld.org › article › esther-jackson-105Esther Jackson, 105: Life reflected the 20th century struggle ...

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   Aug 30, 2022 · As the founding editor of Freedomways, Esther Cooper Jackson helped create one of the most significant publications of the radical Black left in the 1960s, and mentored countless others who...

7. www.bostonglobe.com › 2022/09/05 › metroEsther Cooper Jackson, civil rights writer, leader for ...

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   Sep 5, 2022 · Civil rights activist Esther Cooper Jackson at Harvard's W. E. B. Du Bois Institute in Cambridge in 2011. Elise Amendola/Associated Press. In 1940, Esther Cooper Jackson was at a...

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   Who was Esther Cooper Jackson?

   • For seven years as a prominent leader of SNYC, Esther Cooper Jackson worked with her husband, Louis and Dorothy Burnham, Ed Strong, Sallye and Frank Davis—parents of the Davis sisters, Angela and Fania—and numerous others, conducting many campaigns promoting the rights of blacks and poor whites.

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   Who is Esther Jackson?

   • Jean Carey Bond, former associate editor of Freedomways, told of Esther Jackson’s role as its managing editor for 25 years, and of Du Bois in its founding, as well as how the magazine, during and after the civil rights revolution, was a political and cultural voice of the movement.

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   Where did Esther Cooper Jackson go to college?

   • Elise Amendola/Associated Press In 1940, Esther Cooper Jackson was at a crossroads. One route led north to the University of Chicago, where a fellowship would let her pursue a doctorate. The other led to Alabama, where her future husband was a leader of a Black voting rights initiative for the recently formed Southern Negro Youth Congress.

   Esther Cooper Jackson, civil rights writer, leader for decades, dies at

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   Who is Katherine Esther Jackson?

   • Katherine Esther Jackson was born Kattie B. Screws on May 4, 1930, in Barbour County, Alabama. The daughter of Martha Mattie Upshaw and Prince Albert Screws, Katherine contracted polio at a young age. While she eventually recovered from her illness, the disease left her with a life-long limp.

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9. www.boston.com › news › local-newsEsther Cooper Jackson, civil rights writer, leader for ...

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   Sep 6, 2022 · Local News. Esther Cooper Jackson, civil rights writer, leader for decades, dies at 105. “At a time when the gender consciousness that has helped to transform our everyday lives had not yet...

10. www.peoplesworld.org › article › james-and-estherJames and Esther Cooper Jackson, African American activists ...

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    Dec 12, 2016 · James and Esther Cooper Jackson were mainstays of the struggle for African American equality for decades. Their work spanned the 1930s era National Negro Congress (NNC), the Southern Negro...