Richard Durham Papers
Finding Aid: Richard Durham Papers
Repository:
Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
 | Maker: Dion A. Stams Owner: Dion A. Stams Note: Richard Durham Papers 012, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | The Durham Collection includes scripts for all the Destination Freedom radio plays that aired. 'Poet of Bronzeville,' a biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, aired in 1949, the year before Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her volume Annie Allen. Maker: Richard Durham Owner: Clarice Durham Note: Richard Durham Papers 3-7, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | The cast of Destination Freedom at a rehearsal, 1949. Maker: Unknown Owner: Unknown Note: Richard Durham Papers 001 Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | Destination Freedom actress Louise Pruitt, 1949. Maker: Dion A. Stams Owner: Dion A. Stams Note: Richard Durham Papers 005, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | Destination Freedom actor Fred Pinkard (left), 1949. Maker: Dion A. Stams Owner: Dion A. Stams Note: Richard Durham Papers 006, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | Poet, playwright, songwriter, and activist Oscar Brown, Jr., pictured here in 1949, was a featured performer on Destination Freedom. Maker: Dion A. Stams Owner: Dion A. Stams Note: Richard Durham Papers 009, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | Destination Freedom was a breakthrough for actress Janice Kingslow, who had difficulty finding work as a stage actress because she was viewed as too light-skinned to play a black woman. Kingslow recounted her troubles in 'I Refuse to Pass,' an article published in True Experiences and reprinted in Negro Digest, May 1950. Maker: Dion A. Stams Owner: Dion A. Stams Note: Richard Durham Papers 010, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | An advertisement for a Destination Freedom publicity event. Maker: Chicago Public Library Owner: Chicago Public Library Note: Hall Branch Archives 209, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | The cast of Destination Freedom broadcast a live performance as a session of Vivian Harsh's Book Review and Lecture Forum, a series Harsh organized at the George Cleveland Hall Branch Library from 1933 to 1953. Maker: Unknown Owner: Unknown Note: Richard Durham Papers 016, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |