<I>Freedomways Vol. 6 No. 3</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1966
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: Esther Cooper Jackson, American, born 1917
label: Edited by
content: Jack O'Dell, American, 1923 - 2019
label: Edited by
content: John Devine
label: Written by
content: Lawrence Guyot, Jr., American, 1939 - 2012
label: Written by
content: Shirley Graham Du Bois, American, 1896 - 1977
label: Written by
content: Ekwueme Mike Thelwell, American, born 1939
label: Written by
content: Lance Jeffers, American, 1919 - 1985
label: Written by
content: Frank Chapman Jr., American, born 1942
label: Written by
content: Ellsworth Raymond Johnson, American, 1905 - 1968
label: Written by
content: Ernest D. Kaiser, American, born 1916
label: Written by
content: Augusta Strong, American, 1934 - 1976
label: Illustrated by
content: Tom Feelings, American, 1933 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
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 6, Number 3, for Summer 1966.
label: Description
content: The front cover has an off-white background with white type at the top that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE NEGRO FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. The cover features art, by Tom Feelings, depicting military scenes, persons incarcerated, civil rights marches, and the White House. At the bottom of the cover in reddish-brown type is a list of articles featured in this issue: [THE TWO / PRESIDENTS JOHNSON / The Editors / WHAT HAPPENED IN GHANA? / THE INSIDE STORY / Shirley Graham Du Bois / PRISON WRITINGS / Frank E. Chapman and others / TOWARD INDEPENDENT / POLITICAL POWER / Lawrence Guyot and Mike Thelwell / Cover Art by Tom Feelings / POETRY / Vol. 6 No. 3 Summer 1966 / $1.00 / BOOK REVIEWS].
label: Description
content: The interior pages, numbered 197 to 288, are white paper with black ink. The pages include articles, poems, illustrations, and book reviews.
label: Description
content: The back of the magazine has an off-white background with reddish-brown type at the bottom that reads: [COMING IN THE NEXT ISSUE / VOL. 6 NO. 4 (FALL 1966) / A TRIBUTE TO ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON / NEGRO AMERICANS / AND THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE / by J. H. O’DELL / NEW CARTOONS by BRUMSIC BRANDON, JR.].
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Africa
label: Cultural Place
content: Ghana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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
label: Movement
content: Pan Africanism
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: 2021.20.2
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 × 5/16 in. (22.8 × 15.4 × 0.8 cm)