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.

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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: 8/18/1973Call Number: RD 059Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program that includes coverage of Indochina, prison movement, labor struggles. (script on file)
Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore Interview - Part 2 of 2 Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore Interview - Part 2 of 2
Date: 6/16/1973Call Number: PM 145Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Mark SchwartzProgram: KPFACollection: Dhoruba Bin Wahad
Part Two (Part One - PM 143) of a two-part interview with Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore from the House of Detentions prison in New York. Moore advocates the “tactical necessity” of creating mass movements to support political prisoners. Frustration is voiced over the choice of certain parts of the progressive movement that have distanced themselves from those who advocate revolutionary armed struggle and the consequences of this alienation. Moore discusses the case of Ruchell Magee, and the contradiction faced by a revolutionary movement working within the legal system. He also details his own experiences with the legal system and the lack of support he felt during his trial.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 12/29/1973Call Number: NI 013Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, and Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Political prisoner and prison movement stories, including Black Liberation Army-related trials, lockdown at several California prisons, hunger strike at San Quentin Adjustment Center.
The San Quentin Six (Real Dragon) The San Quentin Six (Real Dragon)
Date: 7/21/1973Call Number: RD 067Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Roland YoungProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
This is a Real Dragon special documentary on the San Quentin 6 case. Detailed information on each of the 6 and the context of the case with dramatization of written statements by the Six. Narrated by Lincoln Bergman with readings by Claude Marks and Roland Young. Rebroadcast 1/11/1986, for 15th anniversary of this program series.