Published by
Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985
Edited by
Clarke, John Henrik, American, 1915 - 1998
Jackson, Esther Cooper, American, born 1917
O'Dell, Jack, American, 1923 - 2019
Devine, John
Written by
Guyot, Lawrence, Jr., American, 1939 - 2012
Du Bois, Shirley Graham, American, 1896 - 1977
Thelwell, Ekwueme Mike, American, born 1939
Jeffers, Lance, American, 1919 - 1985
Chapman, Frank Jr., American, born 1942
Johnson, Ellsworth Raymond, American, 1905 - 1968
Kaiser, Ernest D., American, born 1916
Strong, Augusta, American, 1934 - 1976
Illustrated by
Feelings, Tom, American, 1933 - 2003
Subject of
President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
Date
1966
Medium
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 9 × 6 1/16 × 5/16 in. (22.8 × 15.4 × 0.8 cm)
Caption
Freedomways magazine ran for twenty-five years from 1961 to 1985. Released quarterly during that time, Freedomways was a leading African American theoretical, cultural, and political journal tackling major social and political issues, especially the Civil Rights Movement. The journal’s founders, led by editor Esther Jackson, included Louis Burnham, Edward Strong, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Shirley Graham Du Bois. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication that gave a platform to veteran and newer writers, thinkers, activists, artists, and educators. The periodical ran their works and tackled issues of progressive politics, civil rights, colonialism, Pan-Africanism, prison and justice reform, education activism, art, literature, poetry, and urban decay.
Description
An issue of Freedomways magazine, Volume 6, Number 3, for Summer 1966.
The front cover has an off-white background with white type at the top that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE NEGRO FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. The cover features art, by Tom Feelings, depicting military scenes, persons incarcerated, civil rights marches, and the White House. At the bottom of the cover in reddish-brown type is a list of articles featured in this issue: [THE TWO / PRESIDENTS JOHNSON / The Editors / WHAT HAPPENED IN GHANA? / THE INSIDE STORY / Shirley Graham Du Bois / PRISON WRITINGS / Frank E. Chapman and others / TOWARD INDEPENDENT / POLITICAL POWER / Lawrence Guyot and Mike Thelwell / Cover Art by Tom Feelings / POETRY / Vol. 6 No. 3 Summer 1966 / $1.00 / BOOK REVIEWS].
The interior pages, numbered 197 to 288, are white paper with black ink. The pages include articles, poems, illustrations, and book reviews.
The back of the magazine has an off-white background with reddish-brown type at the bottom that reads: [COMING IN THE NEXT ISSUE / VOL. 6 NO. 4 (FALL 1966) / A TRIBUTE TO ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON / NEGRO AMERICANS / AND THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE / by J. H. O’DELL / NEW CARTOONS by BRUMSIC BRANDON, JR.].
Place printed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Cultural Place
Africa
Ghana, Africa
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Pan Africanism
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Topic
Activism
Africa
Art
Black Press
Civil rights
International affairs
Literature
Poetry
Politics
Prisons
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
Object number
2021.20.2
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
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