OTRR Destination Freedom Singles


(4 stars; 1 reviews)

DESTINATION FREEDOM Destination Freedom (1948) Brian Kavanaugh Destination Freedom is perhaps the best-known Black old-time radio series, despite only airing on Chicago’s WMAQ and never being fully sponsored throughout its duration. This is in part due to transcription disks for three-quarters of the episodes being discovered in the early 1980s and circulated among old-time radio fans, which helped inspire additional interest and research into the show. However, the powerful – and radical, particularly for the times – storytelling of Richard Durham, combined with the quality ensemble performing these episodes make them well worth revisiting. This is the Single Episodes Page. The Maintained Set includes extras not found here. It is located here . This Single Episodes page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to archive.org naming requirements.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

Old Time Radio Researchers Introduction 3:01
Destination Freedom (1948) 5:20
Destination Freedom (1950) 3:48
Richard Durham 3:14
Oscar Brown Jr. 5:02
Hugh Downs 4:14
Janice Kingslow 4:35
Fred Pinkard 2:24
Studs Terkel 4:26
The Knock-Kneed Man 29:29
Railway to Freedom 29:35
Dark Explorers 29:56
Saga of Denmark Vesey 28:54
The Key to Freedom 29:50
The Heart of George Cotton 29:34
Arctic Autograph 29:40
The Story of 1875 29:28
Poet in Pine Mill 29:53
The Father of the Blues 29:17
Boy with a Dream 28:06
Shakespeare of Harlem 29:38
Citizen Toussaint 30:36
Little David 29:42
The Boy Who Was Traded for a Horse 29:43
Echoes of Harlem 29:29
One Out of Seventeen 29:28
The Rime of the Ancient Dodger 28:12
Investigator for Democracy 28:29
Choir Girl from Philadelphia 29:45
Mike Rex 29:35
Peace Mediator 29:32
The Houses That Paul Built 29:53
Up From Slavery 29:59
Black Boy 29:38
Transfusion 29:27
Woman with a Mission 29:49
Before I Sleep 29:30
Help the Blind 30:15
The Saga of Melody Jackson 30:12
Anatomy of an Ordinance 31:05
Negro Cinderella 30:20
Ghost Editor 29:51
Harriet's Children 29:36
Norfolk Miracle 28:33
Tales of Stackalee 30:03
The John Henry Story 29:22
The Trumpet Talks 30:32
The Long Road 29:41
Black Hamlet - Part I 29:36
Black Hamlet - Part II 29:11
Segregation, Incorporated 29:31
The Saga of Senator Blanche K. Bruce 30:03
The Tiger Hunt 29:30
Poet in Bronzeville 29:33
A Garage in Gainesville 29:40
Execution Awaited 29:27
Of Blood and the Boogie 29:16
Keeper of the Dream 29:38
The Birth of a League 30:08
Recorder of History 29:43
Premonition of the Panther 30:48
The Liberators - Part I 30:54
The Buddy Young Story 28:36
The Fifth District Crime Fighter 29:29
Dance Anthropologist 28:37
The Shy Boy 30:07
The Angel of Federal Street 29:18
Kansas City Phone Call 30:04
Mr. Jericho Adjusts a Claim 29:52
Last Letter Home 30:35
The Golden Circle 29:31
Breakdown 29:44
The Price 29:51
Matthew Lyon 29:18
Weapons for Peace 29:46
Peace on Earth 29:29
John, Alma, Johnny and Myra 29:50
The Capture 30:04
Dwight David Eisenhower 30:00
Freedom of Assembly 29:39
Confession 29:51
Anna Zenger 29:49
Dick Draper Story 29:58
Thomas Wright, American Citizen 29:54
Citizen Whitney 30:08
The Jones Family 29:30
Fred Custer Story 29:10
Reverend Brown's Acre 27:21
Korean Frontline 29:59
The Test 29:35
Open for Business 29:39
Judge Farwell's Story 27:43
Coal Miner to Pharmacist 29:50
Crisis in Avondale 29:41
Decision 30:00
Wanted: A Witness 29:35
Fred Pinkard Biography 2:24
Hugh Downs Biography 4:14
Janice Kingslow Biography 4:35
Oscar Brown Jr. Biography 5:02
Richard Durham Biography 3:14
Studs Terkel Biography 4:26

Reviews

Who's Who


(4 stars)

Great program ... but it's a shame the episode names don't give a clue to the person being profiled. This episode list at Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Freedom ) bridges the gap.