Freedom (1951-55) was a newspaper founded in Harlem, New York by activists Paul Robeson and Louis Burnham during the Cold War and McCarthy eras. It openly challenged racism, imperialism, colonialism, and political repression and advocated for civil rights, labor rights and world peace. Its writers and contributors included W.E.B. Du Bois, Alice Childress and Lorraine Hansberry. READ MORE…

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Freedom

Author: Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, editorial director. Burnham, Louis E., editor. Robeson, Paul Jr, 1927-2014, contributor.

Publisher: Freedom Associates

Subject: African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- Newspapers, African Americans -- Economic conditions -- Newspapers, Civil rights -- United States -- Newspapers, Civil rights and socialism -- United States -- Newspapers, African Americans -- Civil rights, African Americans -- Economic conditions, Race relations, United States -- Race relations -- Newspapers, United States