Esther Cooper Jackson

Esther Cooper Jackson
Jackson in 1968
Born	Esther Victoria Cooper (1917-08-21)August 21, 1917 Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Died	August 23, 2022(2022-08-23) (aged 105) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Oberlin College Fisk University
Occupation(s)	Civil rights activist, social worker
Known for	Freedomways
Spouse	James E. Jackson ​ ​ (m. 1941; died 2007)​
Children	2

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 literary journal published from 1961 to 1985. She also served as organizational and executive secretary at the Southern Negro Youth Congress.^[1]