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.

Search Results

Confrontation With Dr Foster Confrontation With Dr Foster
Date: 1/21/1971Call Number: RP 007 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul, Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Students from Casa de la Raza march on the Berkeley School District headquarters and occupy the offices of Superintendent Dr. Foster. They demand better facilities
Union City Confrontation with the School Board Union City Confrontation with the School Board
Date: 1/29/1972Call Number: RP 008Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Members of the community confront the School Board involving issues of mutual concern, Panel Discussion reel 2 phone ins
Students of Casa de la Raza, Berkeley Students of Casa de la Raza, Berkeley
Date: 4/29/1972Call Number: RP 017 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Students of Casa de la Raza tell Raul Torres why they want their school to continue
Students of Casa de la Raza, Berkeley Students of Casa de la Raza, Berkeley
Date: 4/29/1972Call Number: RP 017 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Students of Casa de la Raza tell Raul Torres why they want their school to continue
Chicano Moratorium Commemoration - Part 2 Chicano Moratorium Commemoration - Part 2
Date: 8/29/1987Call Number: CV 268Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Community members gather to honor the Chicano moratorium and ancestors struggles for freedom. Speakers demand more community control over the education system. Speakers also address US genocidal actions against African and Indigenous communities and resistance to US imperialism.