<I>Freedomways Vol. 8 No. 4</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
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: Photograph by
content: Builder Levy, American, born 1942
label: Written by
content: Maude White
label: Written by
content: Rev. Milton Arthur Galamison, American, 1923 - 1988
label: Written by
content: Alvin F. Poussaint, born 1934
label: Written by
content: Horace Mann Bond, American, 1904 - 1972
label: Written by
content: Charles Vernon Hamilton
label: Written by
content: Robert S. Browne, American, 1924 - 2004
label: Written by
content: Preston Wilcox, American, 1923 - 2006
label: Written by
content: James E. Campbell, American, 1925 - 2009
label: Written by
content: Doxey Alphonso Wilkerson, American, 1905 - 1993
label: Written by
content: David K. Cohen, American, 1934 - 2020
label: Written by
content: Tom Dent, American, 1932 - 1998
label: Written by
content: Mary P. Endres, American, 1914 - 2005
label: Illustrated by
content: Brumsic Brandon Jr., American, 1927 - 2014
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 8, Number 4, for Fall 1968.
label: Description
content: The front cover has an off-white background with white type at the top inside a brown block that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. Above the title in black uppercase type is: [SPECIAL ISSUE: THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION AND / THE CHANGING AFRO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY]. The cover features a black and white photograph by Builder Levy of two young boys in school, one holding a Freedomways magazine that both boys are reading. In the left sidebar is a long list of featured names in this issue: [Horace Mann Bond / Brumsic Brandon / Robert S. Browne / James E. Campbell / David Cohen / Lloyd T. Delany / Thomas C. Dent / Mary P. Endres / Carl A. Fields / Milton A. Galamison / Charles V. Hamilton / Maude White Katz / Alvin F. Poussaint / Ramon Sanchez / Edward K. Weaver / Preston Wilcox / Doxey A. Wilkerson / Charles E. Wilson / Art: Tom Feelings / Madeline M. Rabb / Poetry Reading at JHS 271, / Ocean Hill-Brownsville, / Brooklyn, N.Y. / Vol. 8, No. 4 / Fall 1968 (Fourth Quarter) / $1.50].
label: Description
content: The interior pages, numbered 301 to 424, are white paper with black ink. The pages consist of articles, book reviews, illustrations, and cartoons.
label: Description
content: The back of the magazine has an off-white background that features and advertisement for a book about Nat Turner.
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
label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, 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: Education
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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
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: 2021.20.5
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 1/16 × 3/8 in. (23 × 15.4 × 1 cm)