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The Cultural Workers Movement and Frente Conference

Hello, Here at the Archives, we recently unearthed a couple boxes that have now turned into a new collection! This collection provides material about the Cultural Workers Movement… Details

Re-thinking Historical Narratives

Experiences at the Archives, Youth

Hello! My name is Helen and I’ve been interning at the Freedom Archives for the past couple of months. My time at the Freedom Archives has been filled with inquiry, stimulating conversations,… Details

My Experience at the Freedom Archives

Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives..., Liberation Struggles

Selam! My name is Helen Ghebreyesus and I’m a senior at San Francisco State University majoring in Women and Gender Studies and minoring in Race and Resistance Studies and Health Education.… Details

Posters of the Freedom Archives

Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives..., Youth

Hello, My name is Krista and I’ve been an intern at the Freedom Archives since November 2016, winter of my senior year in high school. I spent my first eight months here working on an update… Details

Grassroots Organizing for Change

Experiences at the Archives, Prison and Political Prisoners, Youth

Hello there! My name is Jesse Escalante and I am a 21-year-old student at San Francisco State University majoring in Sociology and Dance. This past semester I took Grassroots Organizing… Details

No Justice No Peace

Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives..., Liberation Struggles, Youth

Hello, This clip is taken from a 1988 speech by Ahmed Obafemi of the New Afrikan People’s Organization in San Francisco. Obafemi speaks of the death of Michael Griffith, a Black… Details

New Collection at the Archives

Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives..., Youth

Hello everyone, My name is Casey and I’ve been an intern here at the Freedom Archives since September. As a recently-graduated university student earning a minor in Gender Studies,… Details

The Story of the TSU Five

Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives..., Liberation Struggles, Youth

Hello, This multi part blog series highlights significant but relatively unknown moments of resistance to racist police violence as depicted in the pages of The Movement. When looking… Details