Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 7/21/1973Call Number: RD 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Update on United Farm Workers (UFW) movement, increasing militarization and violence at the border, surveillance technology, Milton Scott and prison update.
Cesar Chavez speech Cesar Chavez speech
Call Number: KP 041Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: KPFA general/La RazaCollection: Latin@
Speech by Cesar Chavez in Richmond, California in support of grape farm workers and the Gallo boycott. Note: Excerpt used on Roots of Resistance, volume 1.
The Farmworkers Today The Farmworkers Today
Date: 8/11/1973Call Number: RP 078Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Bernice Ramirez, Lillian del Sol, Nina Serrano, Andres Alegria, Isabel Alegria, Rodrigo Reyes, Eric Schilling, Chata GutierrezCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Today’s program is in two parts. The first half is devoted to a presentation about the Farmworkers Movement in music, interviews, and poetry. The second half of the show is devoted to music from Puerto Rico and New York Salsa.
Chile and the farmworkers Chile and the farmworkers
Date: 9/22/1973Call Number: RP 085Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Andres Alegria, Bernice Ramirez, Lillian del Sol, Nina Serrano, Elsa Javkin, Isabel Alegria, Rodrigo Reyes, Eric Schilling, Chata Gutierrez, Jose Maria LopezCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Latest on the aftermath of the brutal US sponsored coup in Chile last September 11 Reflecciones News at midpoint , and Farmworker updates
Juan de la Cruz Funeral Juan de la Cruz Funeral
Date: 8/1/1973Call Number: RD 073Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Frances EmilyCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Report on funeral and death of Juan de la Cruz, a United Farm Worker (UFW) organizer.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 7/21/1973Call Number: CD 831Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Update on United Farm Workers (UFW) movement, increasing militarization and violence at the border, surveillance technology, Milton Scott and prison update.