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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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Centro de Cambio Centro de Cambio
Date: 4/8/1972Call Number: RP 015 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Raul Torres introduces Gene Royal, Director, and Judy Copeland, Education Coordinator for Centro de Cambio, a Mission District Drug counseling program at Harrison & 24th Sts. Recorded 3/3/72
Centro de Cambio Centro de Cambio
Date: 4/8/1972Call Number: RP 015 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Raul Torres introduces Gene Royal, Director, and Judy Copeland, Education Coordinator for Centro de Cambio, a Mission District Drug counseling program at Harrison & 24th Sts. Recorded 3/3/72
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
Elias Hruska-Cortes Hosts Thulani and Friends Elias Hruska-Cortes Hosts Thulani and Friends
Date: 5/13/1972Call Number: RP 018 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano Echeverria, Elias Hruska-CortesCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Reflecciones’ Elias Hruska-Cortes hosts a program of poetry and music featuring his poetry along with Thulani Nkbinde (aka Thulani Davis) with musical accompaniment
Elias Hruska-Cortes Hosts Thulani and Friends Elias Hruska-Cortes Hosts Thulani and Friends
Date: 5/13/1972Call Number: RP 018 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Emiliano Echeverria, Elias Hruska-CortesCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Reflecciones’ Elias Hruska-Cortes hosts a program of poetry and music featuring his poetry along with Thulani Nkbinde (aka Thulani Davis) with musical accompaniment
Chicano Poets at City Lights Chicano Poets at City Lights
Date: 3/15/1972Call Number: CAA 003 R3Format: Reel 3Producers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: Chicano Poets at City LightsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
This is tape 3 of 3 of Chicano poets at City Lights Bookstore. Poets include: Roberto Vargas, Dorita Gladys, Nina Serrano, Ferando Alegria, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Alejandro Murguia, Dorinda Moreno Gladdin and others.
Chicano Poets at City Lights Chicano Poets at City Lights
Date: 3/15/1972Call Number: CAA 003 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: Chicano Poets at City LightsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
This is tape 2 of 3 of Chicano poets at City Lights Bookstore. Poets include: Roberto Vargas, Dorita Gladys, Nina Serrano, Ferando Alegria, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Alejandro Murguia, Dorinda Moreno Gladdin and others.
Chicano Poets at City Lights Chicano Poets at City Lights
Date: 3/15/1972Call Number: CAA 003 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Comunicacion Aztlan - Raul TorresProgram: Chicano Poets at City LightsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
This is tape 1 of 3 of Latino poets at City Lights Bookstore. Poets include: Roberto Vargas, Dorita Gladys, Nina Serrano, Ferando Alegria, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Alejandro Murguia, Dorinda Moreno Gladdin and others.
“Pupul Vuh and other Modern Latino Poetry” “Pupul Vuh and other Modern Latino Poetry”
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: CAA 058Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Popul Vuh poems read by Andres Alegria and Nina Serrano; Roberto Vargas reads his own poems: “Song for Appollo 14” “The Structure of Mis Poemas” “And Then There Was” Farmworker Song sung by by Richie Carrillo Jose Montoya reads his poem “El Highway 99” but rumble in recordng and incomplete. Avotcja reads her poem : “How to make a Puerto Rican Revolutionary” Victor Hernandez Cruz reads his poems: (mike problems in some) “Yo Soy un Poeta” “Mission District,/Spanish Harlem” “The Man Who Came to the Last Floor”“ Same as CD 407
Ten Poems Dedicated to Che Guevara Ten Poems Dedicated to Che Guevara
Date: 7/26/1972Call Number: CAA 060Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poems dedicated to Che Guevara by various international poets read by Elias Hruska-Cortes and Nina Serrano. Includes fragments of Fidel Castro’s letter to Che and Che’s letter to his daughter. Bilingual Same as CD 410.