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Freedomways Vol. 9 No. 4
In its inaugural issue Freedomways magazine stated that its purpose was to explore “the new forms of economic, political and social systems now existing or emerging in the world” from the viewpoint of African Americans. From 1961 to 1985, the magazine did just that. Founded by Esther Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Edward Strong, and Louis Burnham, the magazine engaged editors, educators, poets, writers, activists, and artists to critique and report on not just the Civil Rights and other progressive movements in America, but to also cast an eye towards international and Pan-African movements across the globe. Articles also explored art, literature, and education. Individuals like Esther Cooper Jackson, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Elizabeth Catlett, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, and Harry Belafonte contributed to the magazine’s success. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication of its time. Help us transcribe Freedomways to engage with intellectual, political and cultural thoughts from a defining era in history.
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Freedomways Vol. 9 No. 3
In its inaugural issue Freedomways magazine stated that its purpose was to explore “the new forms of economic, political and social systems now existing or emerging in the world” from the viewpoint of African Americans. From 1961 to 1985, the magazine did just that. Founded by Esther Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Edward Strong, and Louis Burnham, the magazine engaged editors, educators, poets, writers, activists, and artists to critique and report on not just the Civil Rights and other progressive movements in America, but to also cast an eye towards international and Pan-African movements across the globe. Articles also explored art, literature, and education. Individuals like Esther Cooper Jackson, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Elizabeth Catlett, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, and Harry Belafonte contributed to the magazine’s success. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication of its time. Help us transcribe Freedomways to engage with intellectual, political and cultural thoughts from a defining era in history.
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Freedomways Vol. 8 No. 4
In its inaugural issue Freedomways magazine stated that its purpose was to explore “the new forms of economic, political and social systems now existing or emerging in the world” from the viewpoint of African Americans. From 1961 to 1985, the magazine did just that. Founded by Esther Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Edward Strong, and Louis Burnham, the magazine engaged editors, educators, poets, writers, activists, and artists to critique and report on not just the Civil Rights and other progressive movements in America, but to also cast an eye towards international and Pan-African movements across the globe. Articles also explored art, literature, and education. Individuals like Esther Cooper Jackson, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Elizabeth Catlett, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, and Harry Belafonte contributed to the magazine’s success. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication of its time. Help us transcribe Freedomways to engage with intellectual, political and cultural thoughts from a defining era in history.
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Freedomways Vol. 11 No. 4
In its inaugural issue Freedomways magazine stated that its purpose was to explore “the new forms of economic, political and social systems now existing or emerging in the world” from the viewpoint of African Americans. From 1961 to 1985, the magazine did just that. Founded by Esther Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Edward Strong, and Louis Burnham, the magazine engaged editors, educators, poets, writers, activists, and artists to critique and report on not just the Civil Rights and other progressive movements in America, but to also cast an eye towards international and Pan-African movements across the globe. Articles also explored art, literature, and education. Individuals like Esther Cooper Jackson, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Elizabeth Catlett, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, and Harry Belafonte contributed to the magazine’s success. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication of its time. Help us transcribe Freedomways to engage with intellectual, political and cultural thoughts from a defining era in history.
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Freedomways Vol. 8 No. 1
In its inaugural issue Freedomways magazine stated that its purpose was to explore “the new forms of economic, political and social systems now existing or emerging in the world” from the viewpoint of African Americans. From 1961 to 1985, the magazine did just that. Founded by Esther Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Edward Strong, and Louis Burnham, the magazine engaged editors, educators, poets, writers, activists, and artists to critique and report on not just the Civil Rights and other progressive movements in America, but to also cast an eye towards international and Pan-African movements across the globe. Articles also explored art, literature, and education. Individuals like Esther Cooper Jackson, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Elizabeth Catlett, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, and Harry Belafonte contributed to the magazine’s success. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication of its time. Help us transcribe Freedomways to engage with intellectual, political and cultural thoughts from a defining era in history.
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Freedomways Vol. 6 No. 4
In its inaugural issue Freedomways magazine stated that its purpose was to explore “the new forms of economic, political and social systems now existing or emerging in the world” from the viewpoint of African Americans. From 1961 to 1985, the magazine did just that. Founded by Esther Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Edward Strong, and Louis Burnham, the magazine engaged editors, educators, poets, writers, activists, and artists to critique and report on not just the Civil Rights and other progressive movements in America, but to also cast an eye towards international and Pan-African movements across the globe. Articles also explored art, literature, and education. Individuals like Esther Cooper Jackson, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Elizabeth Catlett, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, and Harry Belafonte contributed to the magazine’s success. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication of its time. Help us transcribe Freedomways to engage with intellectual, political and cultural thoughts from a defining era in history.
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Freedomways Vol. 6 No. 3
In its inaugural issue Freedomways magazine stated that its purpose was to explore “the new forms of economic, political and social systems now existing or emerging in the world” from the viewpoint of African Americans. From 1961 to 1985, the magazine did just that. Founded by Esther Jackson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Edward Strong, and Louis Burnham, the magazine engaged editors, educators, poets, writers, activists, and artists to critique and report on not just the Civil Rights and other progressive movements in America, but to also cast an eye towards international and Pan-African movements across the globe. Articles also explored art, literature, and education. Individuals like Esther Cooper Jackson, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Elizabeth Catlett, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, and Harry Belafonte contributed to the magazine’s success. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication of its time. Help us transcribe Freedomways to engage with intellectual, political and cultural thoughts from a defining era in history.
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Readings of "Menagerie," "Meditations on History" and "Roselily", circa 1992, Side 2
Please view the instructions for transcribing audio collections before beginning. Pearl Bowser (b. 1931) is a renowned African American film scholar, filmmaker, author, and film/conference programmer. She is widely recognized as an expert on the works of Oscar Micheaux, who is considered the first major African American filmmaker. Working as a researcher from the 1960s through the early 2000s, Bowser travelled the world interviewing actors, actresses, filmmakers, and scholars, including Lorenzo Tucker, Gordon Parks, Arthur Jafa, Edna Mae Harris, Toni Cade Bambara, and many others. As a programmer (1971-2012), she organized conferences and film festivals that focused on the rich, yet often obscure, history of African Americans in film. The audio in this project is from unique recordings of the interviews, conferences, and film festivals captured by Pearl Bowser. Some of the recordings may have lower quality and require close attention to understand the content, and some speakers may not be identified, or the recordings may not include the beginning of their remarks. If a speaker cannot be identified either by context in the recording or by notes from the project team, please list them as “unidentified speaker” in the transcription. Some of the recordings may contain sensitive or offensive language. For historical accuracy, our policy is to transcribe the language as it is presented in the recordings. See TC’s FAQ page for more information on transcribing sensitive language. All recordings are in the English language. The transcriptions created by TC volunteers will be used to make these unique and important recordings accessible to researchers, scholars, and the general public.
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Recording of an episode of Free Time, 1971 November 18, Side 1
Please view the instructions for transcribing audio collections before beginning. Pearl Bowser (b. 1931) is a renowned African American film scholar, filmmaker, author, and film/conference programmer. She is widely recognized as an expert on the works of Oscar Micheaux, who is considered the first major African American filmmaker. Working as a researcher from the 1960s through the early 2000s, Bowser travelled the world interviewing actors, actresses, filmmakers, and scholars, including Lorenzo Tucker, Gordon Parks, Arthur Jafa, Edna Mae Harris, Toni Cade Bambara, and many others. As a programmer (1971-2012), she organized conferences and film festivals that focused on the rich, yet often obscure, history of African Americans in film. The audio in this project is from unique recordings of the interviews, conferences, and film festivals captured by Pearl Bowser. Some of the recordings may have lower quality and require close attention to understand the content, and some speakers may not be identified, or the recordings may not include the beginning of their remarks. If a speaker cannot be identified either by context in the recording or by notes from the project team, please list them as “unidentified speaker” in the transcription. Some of the recordings may contain sensitive or offensive language. For historical accuracy, our policy is to transcribe the language as it is presented in the recordings. See TC’s FAQ page for more information on transcribing sensitive language. All recordings are in the English language. The transcriptions created by TC volunteers will be used to make these unique and important recordings accessible to researchers, scholars, and the general public.
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Women's roundtable conference, Luanda, People's Republic of Angola, 1978 April 29-30, Tape 1, Side 1
Please view the instructions for transcribing audio collections before beginning. Pearl Bowser (b. 1931) is a renowned African American film scholar, filmmaker, author, and film/conference programmer. She is widely recognized as an expert on the works of Oscar Micheaux, who is considered the first major African American filmmaker. Working as a researcher from the 1960s through the early 2000s, Bowser travelled the world interviewing actors, actresses, filmmakers, and scholars, including Lorenzo Tucker, Gordon Parks, Arthur Jafa, Edna Mae Harris, Toni Cade Bambara, and many others. As a programmer (1971-2012), she organized conferences and film festivals that focused on the rich, yet often obscure, history of African Americans in film. The audio in this project is from unique recordings of the interviews, conferences, and film festivals captured by Pearl Bowser. Some of the recordings may have lower quality and require close attention to understand the content, and some speakers may not be identified, or the recordings may not include the beginning of their remarks. If a speaker cannot be identified either by context in the recording or by notes from the project team, please list them as “unidentified speaker” in the transcription. Some of the recordings may contain sensitive or offensive language. For historical accuracy, our policy is to transcribe the language as it is presented in the recordings. See TC’s FAQ page for more information on transcribing sensitive language. All recordings are in the English language. The transcriptions created by TC volunteers will be used to make these unique and important recordings accessible to researchers, scholars, and the general public.
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Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), 1985 February 24, Side 2
Please view the instructions for transcribing audio collections before beginning. Pearl Bowser (b. 1931) is a renowned African American film scholar, filmmaker, author, and film/conference programmer. She is widely recognized as an expert on the works of Oscar Micheaux, who is considered the first major African American filmmaker. Working as a researcher from the 1960s through the early 2000s, Bowser travelled the world interviewing actors, actresses, filmmakers, and scholars, including Lorenzo Tucker, Gordon Parks, Arthur Jafa, Edna Mae Harris, Toni Cade Bambara, and many others. As a programmer (1971-2012), she organized conferences and film festivals that focused on the rich, yet often obscure, history of African Americans in film. The audio in this project is from unique recordings of the interviews, conferences, and film festivals captured by Pearl Bowser. Some of the recordings may have lower quality and require close attention to understand the content, and some speakers may not be identified, or the recordings may not include the beginning of their remarks. If a speaker cannot be identified either by context in the recording or by notes from the project team, please list them as “unidentified speaker” in the transcription. Some of the recordings may contain sensitive or offensive language. For historical accuracy, our policy is to transcribe the language as it is presented in the recordings. See TC’s FAQ page for more information on transcribing sensitive language. All recordings are in the English language. The transcriptions created by TC volunteers will be used to make these unique and important recordings accessible to researchers, scholars, and the general public.
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Women's roundtable conference, Luanda, People's Republic of Angola, 1978 April 29-30, Tape 3, Side 2
Please view the instructions for transcribing audio collections before beginning. Pearl Bowser (b. 1931) is a renowned African American film scholar, filmmaker, author, and film/conference programmer. She is widely recognized as an expert on the works of Oscar Micheaux, who is considered the first major African American filmmaker. Working as a researcher from the 1960s through the early 2000s, Bowser travelled the world interviewing actors, actresses, filmmakers, and scholars, including Lorenzo Tucker, Gordon Parks, Arthur Jafa, Edna Mae Harris, Toni Cade Bambara, and many others. As a programmer (1971-2012), she organized conferences and film festivals that focused on the rich, yet often obscure, history of African Americans in film. The audio in this project is from unique recordings of the interviews, conferences, and film festivals captured by Pearl Bowser. Some of the recordings may have lower quality and require close attention to understand the content, and some speakers may not be identified, or the recordings may not include the beginning of their remarks. If a speaker cannot be identified either by context in the recording or by notes from the project team, please list them as “unidentified speaker” in the transcription. Some of the recordings may contain sensitive or offensive language. For historical accuracy, our policy is to transcribe the language as it is presented in the recordings. See TC’s FAQ page for more information on transcribing sensitive language. All recordings are in the English language. The transcriptions created by TC volunteers will be used to make these unique and important recordings accessible to researchers, scholars, and the general public.
