<I>Freedomways Vol. 5, No. 2</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1965
name: label: Published by
content: Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985
label: Edited by
content: Jack O'Dell, American, 1923 - 2019
label: Edited by
content: John Devine
label: Written by
content: George W. Crockett Jr., American, 1909 - 1997
label: Written by
content: Staughton Lynd, American, born 1929
label: Written by
content: Tom Dent, American, 1932 - 1998
label: Written by
content: William Lamar Strickland Ph. D., American, born 1937
label: Written by
content: John Henrik Clarke, American, 1915 - 1998
label: Written by
content: Joanne Grant, American, 1930 - 2005
label: Written by
content: Augusta Strong, American, 1934 - 1976
label: Written by
content: Jack H. Minnis, American, 1931 - 2005
label: Written by
content: Eric Morton, American, 1934 - 2015
label: Photograph by
content: Herbert Randall, American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977
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 5, Number 2, from Spring 1965.
label: Description
content: The front cover has orange type inside a brown block at the top that reads: [A QUARTERLY REVIEW / OF THE NEGRO FREEDOM MOVEMENT / Freedomways]. The middle of the cover features a grey background with a graphic design of the state of Mississippi, broken into three parts. The border lines and shapes of surrounding U.S. states are printed behind the state of Mississippi. At the bottom of the cover red type reads [opening up / the / closed society].
label: Description
content: The interior pages, numbered 223 to 356, are white paper with black ink. The articles address different topics about the people, politics, culture, education, healthcare, Civil Rights, and activism in Mississippi. The articles include some photographs.
label: Description
content: The back of the magazine features a continuation of the front cover: a grey background with black border lines representing the U.S. states surrounding Mississippi. At the bottom in bold red type is a list of articles featured in this issue: [LIFE IN MISSISSIPPIMrs. Fannie Lou Hamer / THE UNITED NATIONS, / THE AMERICAN NEGRO / and HIS GOVERNMENT George W. Crockett, Jr. / THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS / Concept and Organization Staughton Lynd / HOW FAR “THE AMERICAN / DREAM” A Documentary / on Mississippi Atrocities / (1875-1964)].
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
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: 2021.20.1
objectType: label: Type
content: periodicals
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 1/16 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 in. (23 × 15.8 × 1 cm)