<I>Freedomways Vol. 9 No. 3</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969
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: Illustrated by
content: John Biggers, American, 1924 - 2001
label: Written by
content: Lindsay Barrett, Jamaican, born 1941
label: Written by
content: George Fishman
label: Written by
content: David Henderson
label: Subject of
content: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
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 9, Number 3, for Summer 1969. The front cover has an off-white background with white type inside of a bright red block at the top that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. The cover features a charcoal-colored drawing called “MAN” by John Biggers, depicting the head and face a man surrounded by a shadow. In the right sidebar red and black type lists the articles featured in this issue: [Charleston’s Legacy / to the Poor / People’s Campaign / J. H. O’Dell / A Message to / Black Activists on / the Nigerian Crisis / Lindsay Barrett / LeRoi Jones and the / New Black Writers / of the Sixties / Kathryn Jackson / Paul Robeson’s / Student Days and / the Fight Against / Racism at Rutgers / George Fishman / Book and Movie Reviews / Vol. 9, No. 2 Summer 1969 / (Third Quarter) $1.00].
label: Description
content: The interior pages, numbered 196 to 288, are white paper with black ink. The pages include articles, poems, and advertisements.
label: Description
content: The back of the magazine features an off-white background with red and black type advertising Freedomways color greeting cards.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
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: 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: 2021.20.6
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 × 1/4 in. (23 × 15.4 × 0.7 cm)