Esther Cooper Jackson
Civil rights activist (1917-2022) · United States · On the map · Activists · Died at 105
Esther Victoria Cooper Jackson was an American civil rights activist, social worker, and communist activist.
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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 literary journal published from 1961 to 1985. She also served as organizational and executive secretary at the Southern Negro Youth Congress.
Country
United States
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2022 · aged 105
