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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.
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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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Ramsey Muniz Ramsey Muniz
Date: 9/3/1972Call Number: LA 015AFormat: Cass ACollection: Xican@
Ramsey Muniz, of Corpus Christi, the first Chicano to run for governor of Texas. He ran as the nominee of the Raza Unida party in 1972 at the age of 29. Ramsey Muniz speaks of the Raza Unida Platform and the importance of an independent Chicano Party, denounces the Democrats and Republicans for not helping Chicanos.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 8/22/1996Call Number: JH 505AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Mensaje de EZLN a los Chicanos
Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano
Date: 6/7/1974Call Number: LA 149AFormat: Cass ACollection: Latin@
Casa Laya
Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano
Date: 6/7/1974Call Number: LA 151AFormat: Cass ACollection: Latin@
Danzantes de Tapant la muncipio de teatro campesino
La Raza Unida excerpts La Raza Unida excerpts
Date: 11/23/1972Call Number: LA 180AFormat: Cass ACollection: Xican@
A press conference with two La Raza Unida party leaders. Brief interviews with 11 and 12 year olds, and other material related to La Raza Unida Party.
Guillermo Gomez-Peña "New World Border" Guillermo Gomez-Peña "New World Border"
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: CV 061AFormat: Cass AProducers: KGNUCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Guillermo Gomez-Peña performing "New World Border" with Coco Fusco on KGNU in Boulder. Gomez-Peña's performance piece relates to shifting political, economic and cultural landscapes that continue to confound and possibly eliminate borders.
Guillermo Gomez-Peña Performance and Interview 1991 Guillermo Gomez-Peña Performance and Interview 1991
Date: 11/8/1991Call Number: CV 064AFormat: Cass AProgram: Cal PerformancesCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Guillermo Gomez-Peña stages a performance art piece focusing on shifting and paradoxical cultural, social and economic borders in the 1990's. Legacy of Columbus for the 1992 quincentenary. Performance followed by interview with Chuy Varela on immigration, divisions among Latinos, and economic support for multiculturalism and art.
Margarita Martinez - Watsonville Canning Strike Margarita Martinez - Watsonville Canning Strike
Call Number: CV 068AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chuy Varela interviews striking frozen food cannery worker Margarita Martinez 11 months into Watsonville Canning Strike (probably in 1986). They discuss the difficulty of supporting a family while on strike, the success of the strike's solidarity, and future plans of the workers.
Watsonville Cannery Interviews Watsonville Cannery Interviews
Call Number: CV 069AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interiews by Chuy Varela about the decertification election for the Watsonville Canning Strike in 1986. Varela interviews strike leader Gloria Betancourt and Teamsters Local 912 Secretary Treasurer Sergio Lopez about the importance of the election, the support for the strike, and the participation of the Teamsters International in the boycott of the plant's products.
It's 1992 And America Hasn't Discover Itself It's 1992 And America Hasn't Discover Itself
Call Number: CV 084AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
An epic poem by Gerardo Navarro performed by him and Elena Rodrigo in August 1989. Themes include the Columbus "discovery" and the encounters of different North American and Latin American cultures.