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Richard ("Dick") Isadore Durham (September 6, 1917 – April 27, 1984) was an African-American writer and radio producer. [1] [2] [3] Early life. He was born in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi [2] and moved with his family to Chicago in 1921. [4] . He attended Hyde Park High School and Northwestern University. [5] Career.
Mar 16, 2018 · Richard Durham created Destination Freedom in an attempt to profile significant African American historical figures and their contributions to American democracy and freedom.
Mar 28, 2014 · Born September 6, 1917 in Raymond, Mississippi, Richard Durham and his family moved north as part of the Great Migration. In 1923 the Durham family settled in Chicago. Durham learned how to become a radio scriptwriter while working with the Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Richard Durham (September 6, 1917 – March 27, 1984) was an African-American writer and radio producer. [1] [2] [3] He was born in Mayfield, Mississippi and attended Hyde Park High School and Northwestern University. Among other writings, he wrote and produced the radio drama Destination Freedom.
Richard Durham was born in rural Mississippi on September 6, 1917 and moved to Chicago with his family at the age of six. He would go on to write and produce the groundbreaking Destination Freedom, a radio drama that featured characters calling for equality a decade before the Civil Rights Movement.
Oct 10, 2015 · Just after the Second World War, at a time when segregation remained firmly ensconced in the U.S., African-American writer Richard Durham was taking on racism, inequality and social justice — and...
Inventiveness, versatility, and social consciousness defined the talents of Richard Durham – an African American writer whose lyrical and politically outspoken radio dramas of the 1940s earned him posthumous induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007. 1 In addition, Durham distinguished himself as an award-winning journalist and poet...
