The Freedom Archives is happy to announce the arrival of Out of Control: A Fifteen Year Battle Against Control Unit Prisons by Nancy Kurshan. This important book documents the decade… 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
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
September 9-13th mark the 41st anniversary of the Attica Rebellion. This massive prison takeover by hundreds of inmates and the callous repression and murders by the state of… Details
On Sunday September 9th the Freedom Archives and Eastside Arts Alliance are hosting an event to celebrate the legacy of Richard Aoki and challenge his snitch jacketing. This event is… Details
Labor Day weekend 1972, La Raza Unida Party (LRUP) was holding its inaugural national convention in El Paso, Texas. The purpose of the convention was to discuss the priories and strategies… Details
What’s New in the Archives…
Recently, a rare copy of Sunviews, written by Sundiata Acoli in 1983, was donated to the Archives. Sundiata Acoli, a Black Liberation Freedom Fighter… Details
(This post was written by Juan Manjivar, a sophomore at June Jordan School for Equity and an intern at the Freedom Archives.)
From watching The Legacy of Torture, I learned about a group… Details
