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.

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Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 1/27/1973Call Number: RD 028Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon program covers: Cease Fire in Vietnam. U.S Military Draft officially ended today. Amilcar Cabral, leader of liberation struggle against the Portuguese Occupation of Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands has been assassinated. Program elaborates on his life and the revolutionary movement in Guinea Bissau and Angola. Demonstrations in Northern Ireland commemorated Bloody Sunday. Solidarity demonstrations in San Francisco. U.S. Ambassador to Haiti was kidnapped and held for the release of political prisoners and ransom. Rap Brown on trial in NY for charges of attempted murder and robbery. U.S. Supreme Court overruled all state laws that restrict women's right to an abortion in her first three months of pregnancy (Roe vs. Wade 1/22/73) Clay Whitehead, aide to Nixon, says government might have to control licensing of television networks because reporting is too biased against the president, He also said that many people liked Big Brother (from Orwell's 1984) because he did it in their "interest and concern."
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 2/10/1973Call Number: RD 030Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Roundup of news, much international, Native American, prisons, repression
La Chicana en el Movimiento La Chicana en el Movimiento
Date: 5/22/1972Call Number: RP 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Irene (Bernice) Ramirez, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
From East LA to the Bay area and beyond, Las mujeres de la Raza speak out. Discuss the La Raza Unida Conference. Ideas include: education in la familia, welfare, labor and immigration, male/female roles, abortion, drug abuse, teacher/student relationship. Maria Elena Gaytan speaks powerfully about situations facing today’s Chicanas, and addresses the need for the community to mobilize. She talks in specific detail about the Mexican economy and the US hand involved, Chicanos v. Mexicanos, outsourcing, border policies, voting protocol for La Raza Unida, and the Dixon Arnett Law.
Human Rights, Puerto Rico Day in Chicago Human Rights, Puerto Rico Day in Chicago
Date: 6/11/1977Call Number: FI 070Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Speech on human rights violations in Philippines, Iran, Argentina - "torture widespread and systematic," with US support. Threat to abortion rights in Congress. Police shootings at Puerto Rico Day celebration in Chicago, Humboldt Park. Oakland protests against shooting of Chicano. Prison summary, including Joe Remiro. Eviction notices at International Hotel.
Abortion Issues Abortion Issues
Date: 11/13/1976Call Number: FI 030Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lead story on US government actions to make abortion more difficult. Readings of statements from Susan Saxe for her trial on political bank appropriation charges.
Internews Inserts Internews Inserts
Call Number: KP 464Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Banning Garrett, Steve Talbot, Jan Austen, Doug Dowie, Elizabeth FarnsworthCollection: General materials
Series of news inserts on: disarmament between US and Soviet Union; situation in Zaire and charges of Cuban involvement; China reported canceling foreign aid to North Vietnam; abortion bill in California State Assembly; State Board of Equalization; election of Antonio Guzman as President of Dominican Republic.