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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.
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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.
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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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City Lights Poetry Reading City Lights Poetry Reading
Date: 3/15/1972Call Number: CAA 008Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Original unedited poetry reading by Victor Hernandez Cruz, and Jose Revueltas at City Lights Bookstore. Fernando Alegria introduces Jose Revuelta Revueltas reads in Spanish. Roberto Vargas introduces Victor Hernandez Cruz. Cruz reads in English and Spanish and Spanglish Also on CD 393
Nuyorican poets in California Nuyorican poets in California
Date: 6/1/1973Call Number: CAA 011Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Three Nuyorican poets read thier poems: Victor Hernandez Cruz, Miguel Algarin, & Miguel Pinero. Same as CD 395
A Poetry Reading for Malcolm X A Poetry Reading for Malcolm X
Call Number: CD 336Format: CDProducers: Isabel AlegriaCollection: Malcolm X
A poetry reading in honor of Malcolm X . Poets include:Pedro Pietri, David Henderson, and Ken Forman. Some live music background. Probably recorded in the early 1970’s. Pietri poems include: “The Rise and Fall of the Avon Lady”, “The Sun Speaks About the Rain”, “All deliveries Must be Made Through the Back Entrance.”, and ”The Last Game of the World Series”
Festival Del Sexto Sol: a conference on Chicano-Latino literature,sponsored by Stanford University in March 1972. Part 2. Festival Del Sexto Sol: a conference on Chicano-Latino literature,sponsored by Stanford University in March 1972. Part 2.
Date: 4/1/1974Call Number: CAA 013Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicanacion AztlanProgram: Festival del Sexto Sol , part 2Collection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poets and speakers include Fernando Alegria, Alejandro Murguia,Nina Serrano,Roberto Vargas, Miquel Algarin,Miquel Pinero,Victor Hernandez Cruz,and Raul Salinas. Same as CD 377.
Festival del Sexto Sol: at Palace of Fine Arts Festival del Sexto Sol: at Palace of Fine Arts
Date: 4/1/1974Call Number: CAA 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanProgram: Festival del Sexto SolCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poets Ricardo Sanchez, and part of a poem by Victor Hernandez Cruz. Same as CD 370
Festival Del Sexto Sol: a conference on Chicano-Latino literature,sponsored by Stanford University in March 1972. Part 2. Festival Del Sexto Sol: a conference on Chicano-Latino literature,sponsored by Stanford University in March 1972. Part 2.
Date: 4/1/1974Call Number: CD 377Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: Festival del Sexto Sol , part 2Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Poets and speakers include Fernando Alegria, Alejandro Murguia, Nina Serrano, Roberto Vargas, Miquel Algarin, Miquel Pinero, Victor Hernandez Cruz,and Raul Salinas. Same as CAA 013.
Festival del Sexto Sol: at Palace of Fine Arts Festival del Sexto Sol: at Palace of Fine Arts
Date: 4/1/1974Call Number: CD 370Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanProgram: Festival del Sexto SolCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Poets Ricardo Sanchez, and part of a poem by Victor Hernandez Cruz. Same as CAA 014.
Festival del Sexto Sol: Palace of Fine Arts, #2 Festival del Sexto Sol: Palace of Fine Arts, #2
Date: 3/31/1974Call Number: CAA 018Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Live poetry reading, includes: Nina Serrano accompanied on guitar by Philip Serrano, Philip Serrano sings orignal Allende Song, Alejandro Murguia, reading from novel: “Summer of Vera Cruz” in 3 languages, Fernando Alegria accompnied by Alurista, Victor Hernandez Cruz reads a two-part poem. Second part is cut off. Complete tape is same as CD 376 and part of it is repeated on CD 378.
Festival del Sexto Sol Report Festival del Sexto Sol Report
Date: 3/1/1974Call Number: CAA 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion Atzlan; Lilian del Sol, and Andres AlegriaProgram: Refleciones de la RazaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
This program contains music documenting the Festival del Sexto Sol, narrated by Lilian del Sol. Poets include: Fernando Alegria, Nina Serrano, Elias Hruska-Cortes, Alejandro Murguia, Raul Salinas, Miquel Algarin, Miquel Pinero, and Alurista accompanied by Juan Felipe Herrera, and Roberto Vargas.
Pedro Pietri Reads Pancho Cruz’s Prison Poetry Pedro Pietri Reads Pancho Cruz’s Prison Poetry
Call Number: CAA 117Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Pedro Pietri reads Nuyorican Pancho Cruz’s prison poems. Cruz was a prisoner in NYC, recorded in 1971. Same as CD 385.