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
Type
magazines (periodicals)
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
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GUID
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