James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement

by Sara Rzeszutek Haviland and Sara Rzeszutek

Book Overview

James Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson grew up understanding that opportunities came differently for blacks and whites, men and women, rich and poor. In turn, they devoted their lives to the fight for equality, serving as career activists throughout the black freedom movement. Having grown up in Virginia during the depths of the Great Depression, the Jacksons also saw a path to racial equality through the Communist Party. This choice in political affiliation would come to shape and define not o

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081316625X
• ISBN13: 9780813166254
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up