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Apr 15, 1951 · 29:02
There's lots of things that are implied in our way of life, that aren't just spelled out for us. Sometimes we take them…
Apr 16, 1950 · 29:29
In the carefully kept annals of law enforcement, Unit Germany is recorded as the largest police district in the world.…
Apr 17, 1949 · 29:22
As the last century drew to a close, a young poet rose out of Dayton, Ohio, shot across the literary sky like a comet,…
Apr 22, 1951 · 27:14
Did you ever stop and look around you, take note of the land as far as the eye can see? Did you ever stop and think,…
Apr 23, 1950 · 28:37
There are few modern dancers who have excited the imagination of the theatrical world as much as Illinois-born…
Apr 8, 1951 · 29:22
When something happens that affects you as an individuals, like what happened to Si and Emma Jones, blood pressures…
Apr 9, 1950 · 28:37
Midwestern America has forged from its Chicago melting pot of many nationalities, some of the most sensational athletes…
Aug 1, 1948 · 29:14
This is the second part of the story of Frederick Douglass outstanding editor and leading abolishionist during the…
Aug 13, 1950 · 30:03
The 332nd fighter group composed entirely of Negroes was one of the outstanding combat units of World War 2. In a…
Aug 21, 1949 · 14:42
Among the nations of the western hemisphere, the first to end the barbaric system of slavery was the Caribbean colony…
Aug 22, 1948 · 29:41
Today's Destination Freedom tells the story of Matthew Henson, the first man to reach the North Pole. "I remember the…
Aug 28, 1949 · 29:57
Today Destination Freedom departs from its regular format to bring you one of the most vital human rights reports to be…
Aug 29, 1948 · 29:20
Today's story is about the reconstruction leader, Charles Caldwell. Born to slave parents circa 1932, Charles Caldwell…
Aug 7, 1949 · 30:17
Of Mary Church Terrell fighter for women’s rights, HG Wells once said, “turn the pages of this plucky woman’s story of…
Aug 8, 1948 · 29:10
This is the unique story of Dr Ulysses Grant Daily and Dr Daniel Hale Williams, who were among the first surgeons to…
Dec 17, 1950 · 1:08:00
Freedom is not the possession of one man, or one nation - it belongs to all mankind. America is the symbol of freedom…
Dec 31, 1950 · 1:07:52
Today's true story is that of John, Alma, Johnny and Myra - a Latvian family of displaced persons, who are celebrating…
Dec 5, 1948 · 29:05
One of the first heroes of World War II was a Texan born mess attendant Dorie Miller, with no combat or weaponry…
Feb 18, 1951 · 1:09:15
Today's episode tells a story about 'due process of the law', which protects the processes of justice from the…
Feb 20, 1949 · 29:48
The toughest job in the year 1948 was that of mediator in the blazing dispute between the growing new nation of Israel,…
Jan 14, 1951
A measured, quietly compelling portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, this broadcast follows the shaping of a professional…
Jan 15, 1950 · 30:08
Produced in co-operation with The Chicago Urban League, this is the story of the birth of the Urban League, during the…
Jan 2, 1949 · 27:56
Today's Destination Freedom tells the story of the former congressman from Illinois, the honorable Oscar De Priest, who…
Jan 21, 1951 · 30:09
Back in 1776, when America declared her independence, we had a lot of smart men. The men who wrote that declaration,…
Jan 5, 1950 · 30:08
Before the beginning of World War I there was started a mass migration within the United States that was destined to…
Jan 7, 1951 · 1:07:37
Nathan Hale was an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He…
Jan 9, 1949 · 29:02
Today we tell the story of William H Hastie, the governor of the Virgin Islands. The story begins in Knoxville,…
Jul 11, 1948 · 29:57
The men who blazed the way toward the New World, were men of all races and all creeds. The year is 1541, and Francisco…
Jul 13, 1950 · 30:03
Winner of the coveted Distinguished Unit Citation, the 332nd Fighter Group, comprised entirely of Negroes, was one of…
Jul 17, 1949 · 30:03
The storytellers say an old city without a legend is like a cow without a cud. And if so the city of Memphis Tennessee…
Jul 18, 1948 · 6:50
Denmark Vesey fought for the end of slavery twenty years before the Civil War even began. They said a gamble was the…
Jul 2, 1950 · 28:49
In the past decade the soaring popularity of the swoon crooner has been one of the most spectacular phenomenon in…
Jul 25, 1948 · 28:50
The story of Frederick Douglass outstanding leader of the civil war period and internationally known spokesman for the…
Jul 3, 1949 · 14:15
Today's Destination Freedom tells the unusual story of the singer, Dorothy Maynor, an American soprano, concert singer,…
Jul 31, 1949 · 30:32
“Out of the struggles of the Negro people against slavery and ghetto life has come the phenomenon of jazz a truly…
Jul 4, 1948 · 29:10
Destination freedom dramatizes the story of one of the most remarkable women in world history. It is the story of…
Jul 9, 1950 · 1:06:01
The men and women who laid the foundations for the great civic and industrial organisations of the west, have always…
Jun 12, 1949 · 30:20
From London to San Francisco, critics hailed an African American jazz and pop music singer, dancer, actress, and civil…
Jun 2, 1951 · 1:06:55
Russell Thomas was a coal miner who realized that he had the right to a job of his own choice.
Jun 25, 1950 · 1:05:04
One section of Chicago's South Federal Street is backed up against the railroad tracks. A treeless avenue with rows of…
Jun 26, 1949 · 1:02:42
This is the first anniversary broadcast, filled with excerpts from the show's first year on the air, in a show titled…
Jun 27, 1948 · 29:06
The second president of the United States, John Adams, once said "The world will never forget the noble daring of…
Jun 5, 1949 · 29:49
Among the outstanding aldermen of Chicago who have fought for democratic housing programs and for better race relations…
Mar 11, 1951 · 1:10:00
Paul Revere is "called back from the shadows" by the sound of the freedom bell, to cry again a warning, that the price…
Mar 12, 1950 · 30:48
In the field of sports the toughest place to carve an enduring niche is in the boxing profession yet the saga of master…
Mar 13, 1949 · 1:09:30
From the chaotic days following the civil war, there emerged a giant of a man, who by his own fierce struggle and…
Mar 18, 1951 · 1:07:46
In a democracy, any man has the right to live wherever he chooses. It is his right under the constitution. This is the…
Mar 20, 1949 · 29:40
"Even today as my complaint is rebellion: my stroke is heavier than my groaning." said Job, and said Richard Wright,…
Mar 25, 1951 · 1:06:59
The right to worship God as you see fit, is a part of your American heritage, a right which you should treasure, and of…
Mar 26, 1950 · 30:53
Destination Freedom episodes are dramatizations of the great democratic traditions of the Negro people and is brought…
Mar 27, 1949 · 1:06:09
During the prophetic years before the outbreak of World War II, an unknown negro scientist had quietly begun work on…
Mar 4, 1951 · 29:53
The soldiers of freedom aren't always recruited from the best people. This is a true story which happened close to two…
May 1, 1949 · 30:07
Out of the hard reality of their lives, the people of America built a body of songs and music that outlasts and…
May 15, 1949 · 29:07
When the story of America's national sport is written, there has got to be in it, one chapter from the fabulous career…
May 29, 1949 · 30:12
Research into boxing ring history reveals no more fabulous story of the squared circle, than the true life account of…
Nov 12, 1950 · 1:08:13
Do you know about The Golden Circle? It's an old story, as old as time itself, and was a proposal by an evil…
Nov 14, 1948 · 29:20
Today we tell the story of the great Southern educator, Mary McLeod Bethune. The story begins in 1935, and the…
Nov 16, 1949 · 29:48
The Indians used to say with great simplicity that the first white settler in Chicago was a Negro. His name was…
Nov 28, 1948 · 28:29
Of all the things a man may know, of men and books, of science and society, the greatest is to know of himself, of who…
Nov 6, 1949 · 29:49
The Native Americans used to say, with great simplicity, that the first white settler in Chicago was a negro. His name…
Oct 15, 1950 · 30:00
Destination Freedom brings you an episode with a totally patriotic theme. You will hear the words of wisdom of great…
Oct 16, 1949 · 29:17
Out of the human turmoil and hectic life in the United States in the late unlamented decades following the first World…
Oct 3, 1948 · 30:37
Today's Destination Freedom tells the tale of Toussaint Louverture, the liberator of Saint-Domingue. The story begins…
Oct 9, 1949 · 29:06
In to 81 sessions of the United States congress which provide the legislative direction for the land we live in there…
Sep 11, 1949 · 29:22
In the crucial final year of World War II, the spirited leader of the US Third Army, George S Patton Jr, stood on top…
Sep 12, 1948 · 29:10
This is a captivating dramatization of W.C. Handy's journey to becoming the 'Father of the Blues'. From his humble…
Sep 19, 1948 · 28:07
Today's Destination Freedom tells the story of Dr J Ernest Wilkin, the noted young mathematician, nuclear scientist and…
Sep 25, 1949 · 1:16:00
One of the most pressing problems in American society in 1949 was race prejudice, and this week's show analyzes the…
Sep 26, 1948 · 29:10
Today, we tell the story of the noted poet and playwright Langston Hughes, born poor, in Joplin, Missouri. Langston was…
Sep 4, 1949 · 30:03
After the war between the states, after the victory for one union was won and emancipation proclaimed throughout the…
Sep 5, 1948 · 29:15
Today we bring you the story of James Weldon Johnson, poet, educator and lobbyist. In Washington in 1920, men knew…
Ned · your guide to the archive
Ned here. Forty-odd years I've spent with these old shows — and if you took to Destination Freedom, I'd wager my last valve you'll love this lot.
