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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.
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.
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.
Mar 14, 2022 · Richard Durham was responsible for all 97 original episodes, with the help of Vivian Harsh and her staff at Hall Branch Library. Durham covered a wide range of historical and contemporary subjects and people, from Crispus Attucks and Harriet Tubman to Jackie Robinson and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Oct 27, 2016 · The series’ creator and sole scriptwriter, Richard Durham (1917–1984), lyrically demonstrated how each of his subjects, in their own way, advocated for freedom, justice, and equality. Durham earned numerous awards for his series, including posthumous induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame (2007).
- Sonja D. Williams
- 2016
creator Richard Durham’s writing prowess and the paucity of opportunities for black writers and performers in radio at the time. Airing between June 1948 and August 1950, Durham’s series highlighted triumphs and tragedies of famous and not-so-famous African-Americans, from
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...
