Fall 2012
Dear Friends,
Your support has made this an international breakthrough year for the Freedom Archives!
Our film, Cointelpro 101, made its way to England, Hawaii, South Africa… Details
Cointelpro 101 was shown at the American Studies Association national conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico last week. Claude Marks was joined by Akinyele Umoja of Georgia State University… Details
The video is well worth watching to gain further information and insight on the conditions of those held in solitary confinement in Pelican Bay’s SHU and the process of gang validations… Details
Last Friday the Freedom Archives led two sessions at San Francisco State University for the 11th Annual Ethnic Studies Conference geared to high school students. We brought two films… Details
Sparked by the release of a new book on the creation of ethnic studies by Martha Biondi entitled TheBlack Revolution on Campus, narratives of struggle for ethnic studies have once again… Details
Recently, the archives received a box of materials filled with wonderful resources including a number of great documents from the Moncada Library, formerly located in Park Slope Brooklyn… Details
This week, the archives would like to highlight the work of one of our high school interns, Ja’Lenn Polar. Ja’Lenn attends MetWest High School located in Oakland which strives to prepare… Details
During my time at the Freedom Archives, I listened to a collection of reel to reel tapes that featured audio from interviews with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers… Details
