Published by
Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985
Edited by
Clarke, John Henrik, American, 1915 - 1998
Kaiser, Ernest D., American, born 1916
O'Dell, Jack, American, 1923 - 2019
Jackson, Esther Cooper, American, born 1917
Devine, John
Written by
Stokes, Carl, American, 1927 - 1996
Walker, Alice, American, born 1944
Perkins, Useni Eugene, American, born 1932
Chapman, Frank Jr., American, born 1942
Baird, Keith E., Barbadian, born 1923
Powers, George, American
Turner, Vernon Kitabu, American, born 1948
Kramer, Aaron, 1921 - 1997
Illustrated by
Brandon, Brumsic Jr., American, 1927 - 2014
Photograph by
Moore, Willard
Subject of
Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
Date
1971
Medium
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 9 1/16 × 6 1/8 × 1/4 in. (23 × 15.5 × 0.7 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 11, Number 4, for Fourth Quarter 1971.
The front cover has an off-white background with white type inside of a reddish-brown block at the top that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. The cover features a black-and-white photograph, by Willard Moore, of a shirtless young man crouched on the ground with a mallet in his raised proper right hand, and a long nail in his proper left hand. On the right side of the cover in red and black type is a list of articles featured in this issue: [Attica Remembered-The Editors / PAGES FROM THE LIFE OF / A BLACK PRISONER / Frank E. Chapman, Jr. / BLACK UNION POWER / IN THE STEEL MILLS / George Powers / BLACK EXPO / J. H. O’DELL / Keith E. Baird / Eugene Perkins / Carl B. Stokes / Augusta Strong / Alice Walker / ANNUAL CARTOONS / by Brumsic Brandon, Jr. / Book Reviews / Poetry / Vol 11, No. 4, 1971 / (Fourth Quarter) / $1.25].
The interior pages, numbered 329 to 418, are white paper with black ink. The pages consist of articles, poetry, book reviews, cartoons, and advertisements. Pages 335 and 343 have some sentences that were underlined in blue ink.
The back of the magazine has a grey and off-white background and features a graphic design of Paul Robeson’s “Here I Stand” autobiographical work. Below the design in red and black type are synopsis and purchase details.
Place printed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Attica, Wyoming County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Canada, North and Central America
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Topic
Activism
Black Press
Caricature and cartoons
Civil rights
Labor
Literature
Photography
Poetry
Politics
Prisons
U.S. History, 1969-2001
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
Object number
2021.20.8
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd512f65b66-49f0-4dfc-a7a5-395a54f6aad0

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