- 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
- Photograph by
- Levy, Builder, American, born 1942
- Written by
- White, Maude
- Rev. Galamison, Milton Arthur, American, 1923 - 1988
- Poussaint, Alvin F., born 1934
- Bond, Horace Mann, American, 1904 - 1972
- Hamilton, Charles Vernon
- Browne, Robert S., American, 1924 - 2004
- Wilcox, Preston, American, 1923 - 2006
- Campbell, James E., American, 1925 - 2009
- Wilkerson, Doxey Alphonso, American, 1905 - 1993
- Cohen, David K., American, 1934 - 2020
- Dent, Tom, American, 1932 - 1998
- Endres, Mary P., American, 1914 - 2005
- Illustrated by
- Brandon, Brumsic Jr., American, 1927 - 2014
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 1/16 × 6 1/16 × 3/8 in. (23 × 15.4 × 1 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 8, Number 4, for Fall 1968.
- The front cover has an off-white background with white type at the top inside a brown block that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. Above the title in black uppercase type is: [SPECIAL ISSUE: THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION AND / THE CHANGING AFRO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY]. The cover features a black and white photograph by Builder Levy of two young boys in school, one holding a Freedomways magazine that both boys are reading. In the left sidebar is a long list of featured names in this issue: [Horace Mann Bond / Brumsic Brandon / Robert S. Browne / James E. Campbell / David Cohen / Lloyd T. Delany / Thomas C. Dent / Mary P. Endres / Carl A. Fields / Milton A. Galamison / Charles V. Hamilton / Maude White Katz / Alvin F. Poussaint / Ramon Sanchez / Edward K. Weaver / Preston Wilcox / Doxey A. Wilkerson / Charles E. Wilson / Art: Tom Feelings / Madeline M. Rabb / Poetry Reading at JHS 271, / Ocean Hill-Brownsville, / Brooklyn, N.Y. / Vol. 8, No. 4 / Fall 1968 (Fourth Quarter) / $1.50].
- The interior pages, numbered 301 to 424, are white paper with black ink. The pages consist of articles, book reviews, illustrations, and cartoons.
- The back of the magazine has an off-white background that features and advertisement for a book about Nat Turner.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Topic
- Activism
- Black Press
- Caricature and cartoons
- Civil rights
- Education
- Literature
- Politics
- Poverty
- Segregation
- Social reform
- 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
- 2021.20.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




