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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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Interviews with Hector Torres, Kay Bolin Vargas and Ramish James Interviews with Hector Torres, Kay Bolin Vargas and Ramish James
Call Number: SS 036Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interviews with Hector Torres, Kay Bolin Vargas and Ramish James on the Latino Kings and Queens in New York.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 1/14/1993Call Number: JH 392Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
CAUSAS-agenda latinoAmericana
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 9/12/1996Call Number: JH 508Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Festival de Cine latino con Gustavo Vasquez
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Call Number: JH 520Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Reinstalación del Programa pajaro latino -miguel Tamayo
Henry Cisneros Speech Henry Cisneros Speech
Date: 5/2/1990Call Number: CV 018Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Henry Cisneros delivers a speech on the merging of Latin and American culture for immigrant populations and how that merging will prepare people for positions of leadership. *Note: This tape contains only part 2 of speech.
Clinica de la Raza Clinica de la Raza
Date: 7/2/1990Call Number: CV 086Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Latino/a youth speaking about AIDS education and community outreach.
Ignacio De La Fuente inauguration 1992 Ignacio De La Fuente inauguration 1992
Call Number: CV 221Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Oakland attorneys, organizers and local politicians at Ignacio De La Fuente's inauguration for the 1992 city council election. Includes the inauguration ceremony itself with speeches by community representatives and other incumbent council members.
Youth - an endangered species Youth - an endangered species
Date: 4/8/1985Call Number: PM 358Format: CassetteCollection: Prisons - Youth
A workshop in Birmingham, Alabama about the incarceration of Black and Latino youth. Discusses gang violence. Participants explain that youth need to reconnect with their culture which has been lost through mass imprisonment.
Rally Against Proposition 187 (S.O.S Initiative) Rally Against Proposition 187 (S.O.S Initiative)
Date: 11/9/1994Call Number: CV 309Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
This tape is a recording of a rally in Oakland against Proposition 187. It features interviews with protesters and students. Topics under discussion range from racism, electoral politics, youth mobilization, the necessity of political education in minority communities and the role of the media in the passage of Prop 187.
Grape Boycott Grape Boycott
Date: 7/22/1987Call Number: CV 310Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
United Farm Workers organized a table grape boycott in Berkeley because of the use of pesticides and chemicals. Proponents of the boycott spoke to the Berkeley City Council and the resolution was passed. Also, homelessness in Berkeley was discussed.