<I>Freedomways Vol. 13 No. 2</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1973
name: label: Published by
content: Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985
label: Edited by
content: John Henrik Clarke, American, 1915 - 1998
label: Edited by
content: Ernest D. Kaiser, American, born 1916
label: Edited by
content: Jack O'Dell, American, 1923 - 2019
label: Edited by
content: Esther Cooper Jackson, American, born 1917
label: Edited by
content: John Devine
label: Written by
content: Ellen Irene Diggs, American, 1906 - 1998
label: Written by
content: Ollie Harrington, American, 1912 - 1995
label: Written by
content: Loyle Hairston, American, 1926 - 2009
label: Written by
content: Constance E. G. Berkley, American, born 1931
label: Written by
content: Jacqueline Lee Young
label: Written by
content: Odie Hawkins, American
label: Written by
content: Virginia Rowley-Rotunno
label: Written by
content: Slettie Vera Bondurant
label: Written by
content: Sada¯nanda Rege
label: Written by
content: Vernon Kitabu Turner, American, born 1948
label: Subject of
content: Tom Feelings, American, 1933 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: An issue of Freedomways magazine, Volume 13, Number 2, for Second Quarter 1973.
label: Description
content: The front cover has a blue background with white type at the top that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of Tom Feeling's sculpture titled “Mother and Child”. The statue portrays the figure of a woman with her child carved into her chest and stomach. In the right blue sidebar of the cover is a list of articles featured in black type that reads: [A BASIC ANSWER / TO WATERGATE / The Editors / The AMENIA / CONFERENCES / Neglected / Afro-American / History / Irene Diggs / Look Homeward Baby / Ollie Harrington / Criteria for / CHILDREN’s / BLACK LITERATURE / Jacqueline Lee / Young / Reviews of / Forman’s The Making of / Black Revolutionaries, / Goldman’s The Death / and Life of Malcom X / and other current books. / Vol. 13, No. 2, 1973 / (Second Quarter) $1.25].
label: Description
content: The interior pages, numbered 100-176, are white paper with black ink. The pages consist of articles, poetry, book reviews, and advertisements.
label: Description
content: The back of the magazine has an off-white background and features an advertisement for “The Most Beautiful Black Book Ever Put Together”, a Black Photographers Annual featuring 118 black-and-photographs compiled by 49 Black photographers, representing the Black Experience. Price and ordering information are included in black type below a product photograph of the book.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.20.14
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 × 6 1/16 × 1/4 in. (22.8 × 15.4 × 0.6 cm)