<I>Freedomways Vol. 11 No. 4</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1971
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: Carl Stokes, American, 1927 - 1996
label: Written by
content: Alice Walker, American, born 1944
label: Written by
content: Useni Eugene Perkins, American, born 1932
label: Written by
content: Frank Chapman Jr., American, born 1942
label: Written by
content: Keith E. Baird, Barbadian, born 1923
label: Written by
content: George Powers, American
label: Written by
content: Vernon Kitabu Turner, American, born 1948
label: Written by
content: Aaron Kramer, 1921 - 1997
label: Illustrated by
content: Brumsic Brandon Jr., American, 1927 - 2014
label: Photograph by
content: Willard Moore
label: Subject of
content: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965
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 11, Number 4, for Fourth Quarter 1971.
label: Description
content: 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].
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Attica, Wyoming County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Canada, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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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: 2021.20.8
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 1/16 × 6 1/8 × 1/4 in. (23 × 15.5 × 0.7 cm)