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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.
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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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 2/1/1996Call Number: JH 489AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Eduardo Galeano: "multiples expresiones en latinoAmericanos"
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 12/28/2000Call Number: JH 627AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Musica de mujeres de latinoAmerica; machu-Pichu/Pablo neruda; Gracias/Epilogo de Jose Saramago; comunidado EZLN del 22 de diciembre
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 7/25/2002Call Number: JH 676AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Calendario latino, Quetzaoceloaciua, Comite de Defensa del Barrio, coalicion de todos los Pueblos, Centro Aztlan chicomostoc
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 8/8/2002Call Number: JH 679AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
lucha en contra de la impunidad de la tortura; calendario latinoAmericano; Carlos Mauricio Vega: triunfo del Veredicto en contra de los generales de El Salvador (Vides Casanova y Garcia) en los cortes de los E.U.;
Interview with Jim Gonzalez Interview with Jim Gonzalez
Date: 10/24/1989Call Number: CV 040AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview with Jim Gonzalez on issues concerning the Latino community such as the grape boycott, INS raids, immigration rights, affordable housing in San Francisco, sponsorship for Latino community events and police brutality, specifically the beating of Dolores Huerta.
Fuerza Unida Boycotts Levis Fuerza Unida Boycotts Levis
Call Number: CV 060AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Workers demand Levis to stop sending jobs overseas, monetary compensation from Levis for loss of jobs, and to meet Levis' Chief Executive director Bob Haus.
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.
Anti-Prop 187 Demonstrations & Interview with Fuerza Unida Anti-Prop 187 Demonstrations & Interview with Fuerza Unida
Date: 10/17/1994Call Number: CV 093AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Investigates the internalized representations of Latinos as "illegal" through interviews. Some Latino leaders did not support the anti-Prop 187 demonstrations because they feared a backlash from the conservative right. Chuy Varela interviews an SEIU member who helped organize the anti-Prop 187 march in Oakland that focused on the children of immigrant parents. Also an interview with several Fuerza Unida women during the 11th day of their 21 day hunger strike to secure Levis workers safe working conditions, pensions and living wages.
Coca Leaf Workers and Organizer with Barrios Unidos Coca Leaf Workers and Organizer with Barrios Unidos
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: CV 094AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Valentin Gutuierrez Quispe, a Bolivian Coca leaf worker, and Marciano Cruz, a former cocaine dealer and organizer at Barrios Unidos, connect the struggles of coca workers in Bolivia and Latinos in the US in the middle of the War on Drugs.
Colombian Flower Workers Colombian Flower Workers
Date: 4/15/1993Call Number: CV 095AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero LatinoCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Silbina Torres, a Colombian flower worker, talks about the unsafe working conditions and poverty-level income in the flower industry.