Destination Freedom

{{Hatnote|Links for each episode subject are provided}}

:{{Hatnote|Episodes are listed in order of 1st broadcast {{rp|ix–xxi}}}}

• 1948 episodes
• The Knock-Kneed Man – Crispus Attucks – June 27 and July 30, 1950Recording {{oclc|45756791}}{{cite web |last1=Ellett |first1=Ryan |title=Destination: Freedom Review |url=https://ryanellett.wordpress.com/category/destination-freedom/ |website=wordpress.com |date=2 August 2017 |access-date=18 November 2023 |quote=Includes a June 30, 1948 review of 'The Knock-Kneed Man' episode}}
• Railway to Freedom – Harriet Tubman – July 4Recording {{oclc|1323031217|44432639|13552192}}{{rp|63–80}}
• Dark Explorers – Moors who helped explore New Spain – July 11Recording {{oclc|1323199177|13571262}}{{rp|15–30}}
• The Denmark Vesey Story – community leader in Charleston, South Carolina ({{circa|1767–1822}}) – July 18Recording {{OCLC|1323032225|44430954|13571262}}{{rp|47–62}}
• The Making of a Man – Frederick Douglass: Part 1 – June 27Recording {{oclc|65428451|13571331|144689200}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180290}}
• The Key to Freedom – Frederick Douglass: Part 2 – August 1Recording {{oclc|65428606|80786482}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180283}}
• The Heart of George Cotton – doctors Daniel Hale Williams and Ulysses Grant Dailey – August 8 and October 31.Recording {{oclc|1323109441|44432615|13539710}}{{rp|ix, 117–129}}
• Truth Goes to Washington – Sojourner Truth – August 15Recording {{oclc|1323168754|83590829|13539710}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180085}}
• Arctic Autograph – Matthew Henson – August 22Recording {{OCLC|1323122806|13539680}}
• The Story of 1875 – Charles Caldwell – August 29Recording {{OCLC|1323028547|44432611|13539680}}{{rp|101–116}}
• Poet in Pine Mill – James Weldon Johnson – September 5Recording {{OCLC|1323213199|13552117}}
• The Father of the Blues – W. C. Handy – September 12Recording {{OCLC|1323080874|13571298|83590842}}
• Boy with a Dream – J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. – September 19Recording {{OCLC|1323012887}}
• Shakespeare of Harlem – Langston Hughes – September 26Recording {{OCLC|1323009233|13571468|226381133}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180177}}
• Citizen – Toussaint l'Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution – October 3Recording {{oclc|1323070842|26452895}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180092}}{{rp|31–46}}
• Little David – Joe Louis – October 10Recording {{oclc|1323014705}}
• The Boy Who Was Traded for a Horse – George Washington Carver – October 17Recording {{OCLC|1323214717}}
• Echoes of Harlem – Duke Ellington – November 7Recording {{OCLC|1323011392|44424423}}
• One Out of Seventeen – Mary McLeod Bethune – November 14Recording {{OCLC|1323185888|191954582}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180115}}
• The Rhyme of the Ancient Dodger – Jackie Robinson – November 21Recording {{OCLC|1323185888|1323214222|44430951}}{{rp|231–246}}
• Investigator for Democracy – Walter Francis White – November 28 Recording {{OCLC|1323172321|13571231}}
• Autobiography of a Hero – Doris ("Dorie") Miller – December 5Recording {{OCLC|1323028679|13571231}}; The episode includes the poem "Negro Hero", by Gwendolyn Brooks
• The Pied Piper Versus Paul Revere – Albert Merritt – founder of the Boys Club of Martinsville, IndianaRecording {{OCLC|1323131729|13552063}} – December 12
• Choir Girl from Philadelphia – Marian Anderson – December 19Recording {{OCLC|1323037869|13571298}}
• Mike Rex – author Willard Motley – December 26Recording {{OCLC|1323113745}}
• 1949 episodes
• Maiden Speech – Oscar Stanton De Priest – January 2Recording {{OCLC|1323162018|13552167}}
• The Boy Who Beat the Bus – Governor William H. Hastie – January 9Recording {{OCLC|1323062084|13552167}}
• The Chopin Murder Case – Hazel Scott – January 16
• The World's Fastest Human – Jesse Owens – January 23

• Last Letter Home – 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) – January 30 and August 13, 1950Recording {{OCLC|1323159810}}
• Searcher for History W.E.B. Du Bois – February 6
• The Death of Aesop – February 13 and November 27Recording {{oclc|1323099681|44432611}}
• Peace Mediator – Dr. Ralph J Bunche – February 20 and August 6, 1950Recording {{OCLC|1323101120|1323026386}}{{rp|145–161}}
• The Houses That Paul Built – Paul R. Williams – February 27Recording {{oclc|1323099681}}
• Do Something! Be Somebody! – Canada Lee – March 6Recording {{oclc|1323112298|13571462}}
• Up From Slavery – Booker T. Washington – March 13Recording {{OCLC|1323156434|13552079}}
• Black Boy – Richard Wright – March 20Recording {{oclc|1323056044|26452916}}
• Transfusion – Charles R. Drew and his work on blood transfusion – March 27Recording {{OCLC|1323024451|26452929}}
• Pagan Poet – Countee Cullen – April 3Recording {{oclc|1323169789|13571462}}
• Woman with a Mission – Ida B. Wells – April 10Recording {{oclc|1323169789|44432615}}
• Before I Sleep – poet Paul Laurence Dunbar – April 17Recording {{oclc|1323103638}}
• Apostle of Freedom – Richard Allen – April 24
• Help the Blind – Josh White – May 1Recording {{OCLC|1323030252}}
• The Ballad of Satchel Paige – May 15Recording {{OCLC|1323062084|45756791}}
• The Secretary of Peace – Benjamin Banneker – May 22
• The Saga of Melody Jackson – Henry Armstrong – May 29Recording {{OCLC|26452908}}
• Anatomy of an Ordinance – Alderman Rev. Archibald Carey – June 5Recording {{OCLC|1323006041}}
• Negro Cinderella – Lena Horne – June 12Recording {{OCLC|1323050232|26452926|430047751}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180122}}
• Ghost Editor – Roscoe Dunjee – June 19Recording {{OCLC|1323116238}}
• Harriet's Children (First anniversary program) – June 26Recording {{OCLC|1323205525|26452932}}
• Norfolk Miracle – Dorothy Maynor – July 3 (rebroadcast February 2002 by KGNU)"Norfolk Miracle : the Story of Dorothy Maynor" {{OCLC|21243158|61323184241|26452923}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180221}}
• Tales of Stackalee (Black folklore hero) – July 17{{rp|199–214}}Audiotape – The legend of Stackalee – {{oclc|1323028307|44432637}}
• The Legend of John Henry – a retelling of the folk hero story – July 24Recording {{OCLC|1323193577|13552079}}
• The Trumpet Talks – Louis Armstrong – July 31Recording {{OCLC|1323055804|13571274|26452918}}{{rp|183–198}}
• The Long Road – Mary Church Terrell – August 7Recording {{OCLC|1323144868|13571274}}{{rp|215–229}}
• Black Hamlet, Part I – Henri Christophe (life as a slave) – August 14
• Black Hamlet, Part II – Henri Christophe (rise to power) – August 21Recording {{OCLC|1323132659}}
• Segregation Incorporated – National Committee on Segregation in the Nation's Capital, 1947–51 – August 28; rebroadcast in January 2003 by KGNURecording {{OCLC|1323030135|226381132}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180306|978-1931180177}}{{rp|163–179}}{{cite book |title=Segregation in Washington a report |date=November 1948 |publisher=National Committee on Segregation in the Nation's Capital |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7421324W/Segregation_in_Washington#editions-list|oclc= 735403|lccn=49002184}}Episode: [https://archive.org/details/DestinationFreedom/DF_49-08-28_ep059-Segregation__Incorporated.mp3 "Segregation Incorporated"]
• The Saga of Senator Blanche K. Bruce – September 4Recording {{OCLC|1323103372}}
• The Tiger Hunt – the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II – September 11Recording {{OCLC|1323189154}}
• Poet in Bronzeville – Gwendolyn Brooks – September 18Recording {{oclc|1323184049|180701832|13571468}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180146}}
• A Garage in Gainesville – retelling of a lynching in a small southern town – September 25Recording {{OCLC|1323141961|13571361}}
• Execution Awaited – a simulated court trial examining prejudice and racism – October 2[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOX0kpC0zAE Destination Freedom – Execution Awaited (Part II in a series on prejudice)], via YouTubeRecording {{oclc|1323134434}}
• Father to Son – Adam Clayton Powell Sr. and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. – October 9, rebroadcast in August 2002 by station KGNURecording – includes an interview with Adam Clayton Powell III {{OCLC|176310275}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180283}}
• Of Blood and the Boogie – Albert Ammons – October 16Recording {{oclc|102332027}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180276}}
• Diary of a Nurse – Jane Edna Hunter – October 23Recording {{OCLC|223443338|1323199701}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180207}}
• Keeper of the Dream – Captain Hugh Mulzac, commander of the {{SS|Booker T. Washington}} – October 30Recording {{OCLC|1323024018}}
• The Man Who Owned Chicago – Jean Baptiste Point du Sable – November 6Recording {{OCLC|1323123490|13571361}}
• Blind Alley Symphony – Dean Dixon – November 13
• The Tale of the Tobacco Auctioneer — Kenneth R. Williams – November 20

• The Death of Aesop – February 13 and November 27{{rp|183–198}}
• Joe Rainey vs. The Status Quo – Joseph Homer Rainey – December 4
• 1950 episodes
• The Birth of a League – the Great Northern Migration and formation of the Chicago Urban League – January 15Recording {{OCLC|1323057778|13552045}}

• Lawyer of Liberty – William Henry Huff – January 22Recording {{OCLC|13552045}}
• Portrait of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson – January 29Recording {{OCLC|176313684}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180320}}; rebroadcast in March 2003 by KGNU; cast included Donnie L. Betts as Bill Robinson; with Jeff Campbell, Laurence Curry, Matthew Dente, Jacob Mora, Ruthay, Kurt Soderstrom, and John Williams; theme singer, Claire Frances Peterson
• Housing: Chicago – February 5
• Recorder of History – Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founded Negro History Week in Chicago – February 12Recording {{OCLC|1323068494|13552192|26452903}}

• Brotherhood Week Begins at Home – February 19 – Tribute to Hugh C. McMannanRecording {{OCLC|1323061080}}
• The Umfunddisi of Ndotsgeni – Todd Duncan – February 26
• The Atlanta Thesis – E. Franklin Frazier – March 5
• Premonition of the Panther – Sugar Ray Robinson – March 12Recording {{OCLC|1323183278|26452905|99995878}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180313}}{{rp|247–263}}
• The Making of a Balladeer – Lonnie Johnson – March 19
• The Liberators (Part I) – William Lloyd Garrison – March 26Recording {{OCLC|1323101003}}{{rp|81–97}}
• The Liberators (Part II) – Wendell Phillips – April 2Recording {{OCLC|1323048118}}
• The Buddy Young Story – April 9Recording {{OCLC|1323188137}}
• The Fifth District Crime Fighter (Captain Kinzie Bleuitt{{cite web |last1= Jones|first1=Reinettn F. |title=Chicago Police Officers from Kentucky, 1900–1930s |url=https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004605 |website=NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database |publisher=University of Kentucky |access-date=December 19, 2022 |date=April 22, 2021 |quote=Kinzie Blueitt, 1900–1971}}) – a dramatization of law enforcement efforts in South Side, Chicago – April 16Episode: "[https://archive.org/details/Destination.Freedom/Destination_Freedom_50-04-16_088_The_Fifth__District_Crime_Fighter_.mp3 The Fifth District Crime Fighter]"Recording {{OCLC|1323188137|13528620}}
• The Dance Anthropologist – Katherine Dunham – April 23Recording {{OCLC|1323032495|13528620|83590829}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180085}}

• The Case of Samuel Johnson – judge Jane Bolin – May 7Recording {{OCLC|1323009843}}
• The Sorrow Songs – Spirituals – May 14Recording {{OCLC|1323211758}} Durham won a Peabody Award for this performance in this episode.{{Cite web|url=https://mikebroemmel.com/blog/f/a-look-at-richard-durham-the-man-who-created-destination-freedom|title=A Look at Richard Durham: The Man Who Created Destination Freedom|first=Mike|last=Broemmel|website=Mike Broemmel}}
• John Hope, Educator – May 21
• The Grave Diggers' Handicap – Isaac Murphy – June 4Recording {{OCLC|1323018591}}
• The Shy Boy – Fats Waller – June 11Recording {{OCLC|1323187866|102326573}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180214}}
• The Case of the Congressman's Train Ride – Richard Westbrooks, who represented Arthur Mitchell in a US Supreme Court case – June 18Westbrooks was also a founder of the Cook County Bar Association: See WorldCat cassette data – {{OCLC|1323063546}}
• The Angel of Federal Street – a tale about heaven and South Side, Chicago – nurse Ruth Blue Turnquist – June 25Recording {{OCLC|1323074703}}
• Kansas City Phone Call – Nat King Cole – July 2Recording {{OCLC|1323026912|430047751}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180122}}
• Mr. Jerico Adjusts a Claim – William Nickerson Jr. and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company – July 9Recording {{oclc|1323095433}}
• Test by Fire – Charlotte Hawkins – July 16
• Sing a Song for Children – Pruth McFarlin – July 23, rebroadcast in September 2002 on KGNUAuthors include Donnie L. Betts, T. J. Betts, Matthew Dente, Daniel Jensen, Ruthay, Julie Swartout, Arthur C. Jones, Spirituals Project Choir (Denver). Recording {{OCLC|262779717}}; {{ISBN|978-1931180269}}

{{hatnote|Episodes after the October 1950 relaunch, ending July 1951}}

{{hatnote|Dates may vary depending upon the sources used}}

• Patriotic Format – opening show for 1950, a discussion of freedom amongst historic figures – October 15, 1950Episode: [https://archive.org/details/DestinationFreedom/DF_50-10-15_ep104-Patriotic_Format.mp3 Patriotic Format]"{{cite web |title=Patriotic Format |url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Patriotic-Format.aspx?id=38407 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=Bill Hodak|date=July 4, 2011}}
• United Nations – promoting the establishment of the organization – December 17, 1950{{cite web |title=United Nations |url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/United-Nations.aspx?id=61010 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=November 5, 2018}}Episode: [http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/D%20Series/Destination%20Freedom/Destination%20Freedom%2050-12-17%20United%20Nations.mp3 "United Nations"]
• Magic Words – a recap of the basic rights of freedom – November 5, 1951{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
• The Golden Circle – beginnings of the Knights of the Golden Circle – November 12, 1950{{cite web |title=Golden Circle, The |url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Golden-Circle.aspx?id=61009 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=September 17, 2018}}
• Breakdown – an arrest (of Michael Shiftkoff) by the secret police in Communist Bulgaria – November 18, 1950
• The Price (Mackton and Winston of Company 'D') – a retelling of an American infantry unit's deployment to the Korean War – November 26, 1950
• Matthew Lyon – criticism of the Alien and Sedition Acts – December 10, 1950
• Weapons for Peace (United Nations) – illustrates the danger of world-wide nuclear war – December 17, 1950
• Peace on Earth (Frank Johnson Story) – a veteran's perspective on the end of a war – December 24, 1950
• John, Alma, Johnny and Myra – drama about the Occupation of the Baltic states – December 31, 1950{{cite web |title=John, Alma, Johnny and Myra|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/John-Alma-Johnny-and-Myra.aspx?id=61011 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=December 31, 2018}}
• The Capture – retells the story of Nathan Hale – January 7, 1951{{cite web |title=Nathan Hale Story|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Nathan-Hale-Story.aspx?id=61012 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=November 12, 2018}}
• Dwight David Eisenhower – retells the story of his life up to his presidential election – January 14, 1951
• Freedom of Assembly (Jeff Maxwell Story) – review of the right – February 4, 1951
• Forced Confession – promotes Due Process of Law – February 18, 1951{{cite web |title=Forced Confession |url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Forced-Confession.aspx?id=61013 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=August 27, 2018}}
• Anna Zenger – the first woman to publish a newspaper in America – February 25, 1951
• Benjamin Drake Story – drama about local people opposing unruly, oppressive people – March 4, 1951{{cite web |title=Benjamin Drake Story|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Benjamin-Drake-Story.aspx?id=38410 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=October 19, 2014}}Episode: [https://archive.org/details/Destination.Freedom/Destination_Freedom_51-03-04_124_Benjamin_Drake_Story.mp3 "Benjamin Drake Story"]
• The Dick Draper Story – drama about employment rights in the United States – March 11, 1951{{cite web |title=Dick Draper Story|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Dick-Draper-Story.aspx?id=61014 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=September 3, 2018}}Episode: [http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/D%20Series/Destination%20Freedom/Destination%20Freedom%2051-03-11%20Dick%20Draper%20Story.mp3 "Dick Draper Story"]
• Thomas Wright, American Citizen – About private efforts, including coercion, to thwart housing segregation in the United States – March 18, 1951{{cite web |title=Thomas Wright, American Citizen|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Thomas-Wright-American-Citizen.aspx?id=61015 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=October 15, 2018}}
• Citizen Whitney – a dramatic criticism of Marxism and religion – March 25, 1951{{cite web |title=Citizen Whitney|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Citizen-Whitney.aspx?id=61016 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=October 29, 2018}}
• The Jones Family – a dramatization about eminent domain – April 8, 1951{{cite web |title=Jones Family, The|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Jones-Family.aspx?id=61017 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=December 17, 2018}}Episode: [https://archive.org/details/Destination.Freedom/Destination_Freedom_51-04-08_129_The_Jones_Family.mp3 "The Jones Family"]
• Fred Custer Story – a dramatization about attending college and medical school – April 15, 1951{{cite web |title=Fred Custer Story The|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Fred-Custer-Story.aspx?id=61018 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=November 19, 2018}}Episode: [https://archive.org/details/Destination.Freedom/Destination_Freedom_51-04-15_130_Fred_Custer_Story.mp3 "Fred Custer Story"]
• Reverend Browns Half Acre – concerns property ownership – April 22, 1951{{cite web |title=Reverend Brown's Half Acre|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Reverend-Brown-s-Half-Acre.aspx?id=61019 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=October 1, 2018}}Episode: [https://archive.org/details/Destination.Freedom/Destination_Freedom_51-04-22_131_Reverend_Browns_Half_Acre.mp3 "Reverend Browns Half Acre"]
• Korean Frontline – Stories about the Korean War and communism in China – April 29, 1951
• Harper College Story (The Test) – Discusses education – May 6, 1951
• Open for Business – the difficulties and rewards of owning a small retail business – May 13, 1951
• Judge Farwell's Story – reflections of a US Federal Judge – May 19, 1951
• Anna's Story – an immigrant from Sweden – January 21, 1951{{cite web |title=Anna's Story|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Annas-Story.aspx?id=38408 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=November 14, 2015}}Episode: [https://archive.org/details/DestinationFreedom/DF_51-01-21_ep118-Annas_Story.mp3 "Anna's Story"]
• Russell Thomas Story: Coal Miner to Pharmacist – Illustrates the opportunity for advancement available in America – June 2, 1951{{cite web |title=Russell Thomas Story|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Russell-Thomas-Story.aspx?id=61020 |website=RUSC – R U Sitting Comfortably? |author=|date=June 4, 2018}}
• Crisis in Avondale (The Avondale Story) – a drama about how free speech can be irresponsibly misused – June 9, 1951
• Mike Yankovich, Minnesota Miner (Decision) – a drama about the costs and benefits of unionization in mining – June 16, 1951
• Wanted, a Witness – a drama about the civic responsibility to assist in solving crimes – June 23, 1951

{{reflist}}

• {{cite book |last1=Barlow |first1=William |title=Voice Over : the Making of Black Radio |date=1999 |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia|oclc=39443048}} {{ISBN|978-1566396660|978-1566396677}}.
• {{cite web |last1=Contreras |first1=Felix |title=With Dramas on the Dial 'Freedom' Made History by Teaching It |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/10/10/447524363/with-dramas-on-the-dial-freedom-made-history-by-teaching-it |website=All Things Considered |publisher=NPR.org |date=October 10, 2015|oclc=8239961269}}
• {{cite book |author1=Hine, Darlene C. |author2=McClusky, John Jr. |author3=Smith, Marshanda A. |title=The Black Chicago Renaissance |date=2012 |series=New Black Studies Series|isbn= 978-0252037023|oclc= 772499394|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329252006}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Kavanaugh |first1=Brian |title=Destination Freedom (1948) & Fred Pinkard & Richard Durham |journal=Old Time Radio Times |publisher=Old Time Radio Researchers Group|date=March–April 2022 |issue=119 |pages=13–16 |location=Lawrence, Kansas|url=https://otrr.org/FILES/Times_Archive_pdf/2022_02%20MarchApril.pdf}}. Also see [https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Maintained_Destination_Freedom OTRR Maintained Archive Destination Freedom] with individual episode recordings available at the [https://www.otrr.org/OTRRLibrary/index.html?idp=2874 OTRR Library].
• {{cite book |last1=Savage |first1=Barbara Dianne |title=Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race 1938–1948 |date=1999 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |location=Chapel Hill & London |isbn=978-0807848043 |pages=246–270 |chapter=Chapter 6: New World A'Coming and Destination Freedom|oclc=40135343}}
• Williams, Sonja D. (2015). [https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p081392 Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom] University of Illinois Press, {{ISBN|978-0252081392|978-0252097980}} {{oclc|1004366808|903873679}}
• For a book review see {{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Ida E. |title=The Revolution Will Be an Audiophile |journal=J.History, H-Net Reviews |date=September 2016 |url=https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=45363}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Sonja D. |title=Destination Freedom: A Historic Radio Series About Black Life |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19376529.2016.1223973|journal=Journal of Radio & Audio Media |date=27 Oct 2016 |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=263–277 |doi=10.1080/19376529.2016.1223973|s2cid=157918778 |url-access=subscription }}

• [https://archive.org/details/DestinationFreedom Destination Freedom programs]
• {{cite web |title=Destination: Freedom |url=http://digitaldeliftp.com/digitaldelitoo/dd2jb-Destination-Freedom.html |website=The Digital Deli Too}}
• [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/destination-freedom-black-radio-days/id1497029154 Destination Freedom Black Radio Days Podcast], from Apple Podcasts
• [https://discoverpods.com/destination-freedom-review/ Destination Freedom: One For the History Books] – review of the series by PODCAKE, June 29, 2021
• [https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Destination-Freedom.aspx?s=583 Destination Freedom] – listing of shows on RUSC (R U Sitting Comfortably?)
• [https://news.kgnu.org/destination-freedom/ Destination Freedom Black Radio Days], from KGNU News – Boulder Community Broadcast Association
• [https://nocredits.com/destination-freedom/ Destination Freedom Black Radio Podcast, Audio Drama at its Finest, Joins Broadway Podcast Network] – a modern revival of the series from No Credits Productions, LLC
• [https://librivox.bookdesign.biz/book/100896 Librivox Audio Books episodes with links to audiofiles]
• [https://interactive.wttw.com/dusable-to-obama/durhams-destination-freedom Power, Politics, & Pride: Durham's Destination Freedom] – WTTW: Chicago's Black Metropolis (with information on prominent cast members)
• [https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Destination%20Freedom&type=Programs&count=60 RadioGOLDINdex – Destination Freedom] – listing compiled by J. David Goldin
• [https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2483843 Richard Durham Papers] – Chicago Public Library archive
• [https://www.radiohalloffame.com/richard-durham Richard Durham] – Radio Hall of Fame
• [https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-7193/ Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio & Freedom] – video presentation from the Library of Congress featuring author Sonja D. Williams

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