Destination Freedom, though it never appeared on a national network, was one of the most powerful and important shows of its day. It was a striking achievement, a voice whose passion and courage overcame every budgetary shortcoming to become perhaps the strongest plea for Negro rights ever heard on American radio. Its original purpose was to dramatize and reveal little-known lives from black Americana. But even in such early shows as Railway to Freedom {the story of Harriet Tubman and her underground railroad} and Dark Explorers {the story of blacks who came over on the earliest ships from Europe}, the singular voice of its author could not be missed. As time went on, the voice would grow stronger.
( John Dunning )
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