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
During the last week of May, a group of approximately ten students from Furman University visited the archives. Furman University is located in Greenville, South Carolina and the students… Details
My name is Doraius Lacy and I am a senior at Metwest high school. I am also an intern at The Freedom Archives. I wanted to intern at The Freedom Archives because for the past two years I have… Details
At the Freedom Archives I experienced history from another viewpoint.
I learned about the Black Panthers and how they were persecuted by government officials even after the civil right… Details
I have been coming to the Freedom Archives two to three times a week ever since I was pointed in the right direction. Over the past two to three years I have been trying to rid myself of this… Details
The Freedom Archives was happy to have hosted summer interns to help us catalog new materials and produce audio projects that include the archives. Projects that use our archived material… Details
On Sunday August 23rd at the First Spanish Methodist Church, Lexington Ave and 111 Street, Manhattan (El Barrio) there was a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Young Lords. According… Details