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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.
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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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The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 5 The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 5
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 092Format: VHSProducers: David Paradine Productions, John Birt, David FrostCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Nixon interviewed about his presidency and events/people he was involved with during it:
GI March, 1969 GI March, 1969
Date: 6/4/1969Call Number: KP 055Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Anti-War
An antiwar sound montage with sounds from the battlefield over Beatles music and community voices.
James Baldwin on Angela Davis James Baldwin on Angela Davis
Call Number: KP 071Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Pacific of Program ServicesCollection: Angela Davis
Interview with James Baldwin on the issues surrounding Angela Davis' case. Baldwin explains Europeans' views on this case and the connection between the Civil Rights Movement to the larger international human struggle against colonialism. He shares his own opinions on America and its relationship to the world. The interview ends with Baldwin reading "An Open Letter to My Sister, Angela Y. Davis."
GI Peace March April 6, 1969 GI Peace March April 6, 1969
Date: 4/6/1969Call Number: KP 067Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Anti-War
Sound samples taken from different marches and protests against the Vietnam war, interviews with supporters of war, friction between police and protesters, all set to music.
America’s War on Poverty America’s War on Poverty
A history of welfare and the struggle of America's poor. Chronicles the dramatic welfare policy change after Nixon replaced LBJ, the protests and formation of the National Welfare Rights Organization trying to stop passage of Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, and the struggle for welfare recipients to regain a sense of dignity.
Nixon on Chile Nixon on Chile
Past President Richard Nixon is interviewed by Frost about the US reasons for cutting off financial assistance to Chile after Allende was elected as well as the reasons why the US supported Pinochet after the coup. He states that, because Chile was exapropriating American property, Allende was a threat to the United States. On the difference between Pinochet and Allende, Nixon says that Allende posed a security threat to the US (the threat of becoming another Cuba- the “Red Sandwich” analogy) because his government was a “left-wing dicatorship” while Pinochet’s regime was more of a human rights concern. That the US only disapproved of Pinochet’s internal policies but his foreign policy was fine.
Hortesia Allende speaking at Trafalgar Square, London, U.K. Hortesia Allende speaking at Trafalgar Square, London, U.K.
Date: 11/4/1974Call Number: CAP 056Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Hortesia Allende speaking at Trafalgar Square, London, U.K.
Hortesia Allende speaking at Trafalgar Square, London, U.K. Hortesia Allende speaking at Trafalgar Square, London, U.K.
Date: 11/4/1974Call Number: CD 257Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Hortesia Allende speaking at Trafalgar Square, London, U.K.
Real Dragon End of the Year Show 1972 Real Dragon End of the Year Show 1972
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: KP 144Format: CassetteProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon Year End 72Collection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Lincoln Bergmen narrates KPFA’s end of the year show 1972. The show gives the year’s news stories from peoples’ movements throughout the world.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 5/26/1971Call Number: RD 002Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News reports of May 26, 1971 march on Washington of over 15,000 to protest against President Richard Nixon and voice outrage over his administration's racist actions toward South Africa. The day is called African Liberation day.