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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: 4/14/1973Call Number: RD 038Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with Lincoln Bergman poem on healing wounds of war, actuality of Indian woman, and then poem extends throughout program, with news interspersed. War criminals must be brought to justice. Quote from Bethune. NOTE: Missing closing song--Vietnam Will Win by Red Star Singers. (have elsewhere and on record).
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 4/21/1973Call Number: RD 039Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman. Claude Marks, Mary MackeyProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program opens with Wounded Knee, Gibson Justice verdict, Dr. Howard Levy conviction overturned, Watergate “when the watergates are opened, the real criminals will fly out.” Bombings in Athens, Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin named; Basque struggle
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 6/30/1973Call Number: RD 049Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Narratives (read by others) of members of the San Quentin Six, including childhoods, evolutions of political consciousness, resistance, and prison struggle
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 8/18/1973Call Number: RD 055Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Coverage of a multiracial Delano march lamenting murder of two strikers; news about conditions San Quentin and San Quentin 6; Ruchell Magee on hunger strike; attack in Detroit
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 10/7/1971Call Number: RD 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
One-on-one interview with Ernesto "Che" Guevara from 1964. During the interview, Che speaks about some necessary elements for the seizure of power for revolution. He reveals that each movement depends on the people and cannot be an imitation of another movement such as the one that took place in Cuba. He uses the case of Puerto Rico as an example and also feels that in order for a revolution of the people to happen in the U.S- the considerations would be much more complex and need to take on a character of its own.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 6/30/1972Call Number: RD 061Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Newscast covering wide variety of topics, worldwide struggles, long section on Ruchell Magee, poem on US bombing of the dikes in North Vietnam. Cuts off before end of broadcast.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 6/20/1972Call Number: RD 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with reports from Vietnam, news on bombing the dikes, report on Billy Dean Smith trial opening, prison news, Frances Emley report on rejection of an award....ends with Summertime sung by Billie Holiday.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 7/15/1972Call Number: RD 015Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon (on Oneness show)Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with full statement by Nguyen Thai Binh who was killed when he tried to hijack a plane to Hanoi (he had an orange), statement read by Lincoln Bergman. He became a hero to Vietnamese independence cause. Announcement of event/candlelight memorial by Union of Vietnamese to memorialize Thai Binh. Thai Binh’s family held prisoner in Vietnam—newspapers confiscated when they carried stories about him (July 2, 1972 was the date of Thai Binh’s action.); Roundup of much other Vietnam news, General killed, British freighter sunk, Jane Fonda visit to the North report from Vietnam News Agency; Le Duc Tho returns to Paris; other Asia, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Philippines, Middle East/Japanese Red Army Lod Airport action, Greece, arrest of eight people in an organization called “New Left,” for alleged plot to kidnap a Kennedy, etc.; Ruchell Magee statement—documents sent to KPFA, read by Lincoln Bergman, announce a protest on July 28, 1972 in support of Ruchell Magee; report by Larry Bensky on charges/indictment against leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War in connection with upcoming Republican Convention in Florida, and the role of an informant in these charges; McGovern nominated, time will tell—closes with song “Keep on Pushin’
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 9/9/1972Call Number: RD 021Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Olympics of murder poem by Lincoln Bergman, Munich Olympics, Palestinian guerrillas. History of Israel/Palestine. Black September in Jordan. Vietnam and demonstration in San Francisco against Nixon with actuality of Tricia Nixon. Info on People's Blockade of USS Enterprise in SF Bay. First anniversary of Attica, with William Kunstler reading the Attica Manifesto and prisoner voices. Billy Dean Smith case, various prison news, poetry.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 3/16/1977Call Number: RD 069Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Frances EmleyProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Series of inserts that were used in an early 1977 program. Includes inf0rmation on Leonard Peletier trial, Assata Shakur trial, assasination of Kamal Jumblatt in Lebanon, Palestine Congress, Zaire political situation.