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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.
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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Festival del Sexto Sol Festival del Sexto Sol
Call Number: CAA 031Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry from the last night of the Festival del Sexto Sol. Alejandro Murgia hosts the poetry reading on the last night of this festival. Poets included are Pilipino poet Rodelo, Puerto Rican poets from New York Muguel Pinero & Miguel Alvarin, SF State student Armando Casares, poets Nina Serrano and Roberto Vargas.
Nuyorican poets in California; Poetry of Elias Hruska Cortes; A Poem for Three Pigs; Poems for and by Pablo Neruda; Nina Serrano Live Poetry. Nuyorican poets in California; Poetry of Elias Hruska Cortes; A Poem for Three Pigs; Poems for and by Pablo Neruda; Nina Serrano Live Poetry.
Date: 6/1/1973Call Number: CD 395Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Three Nuyorican poets read their poems: Victor Hernandez Cruz, Miguel Algarin, & Miguel Pinero. Same as CAA 011 Three poems read and written by Elias Hruska Cortes and a song by Rafael Ramirez 1) El Tiempo es Ya, poem about the Mission 2) Song 3) Alma Bronze, poem about Viet Nam 4) Yellow Peril Woman Same as CAA 039 A prison poem written and performed by Ruben Ruybal with live guitar accompaniment by Philip Serrano. Same as CAA 040 A poem by Pablo Neruda read by Nina Serrano and a poem to Pablo Neruda written and read by Nina Serrano. Recorded by phone. Same as CAA 041 Poems written and read by Nina Serrano. 5/17/1973 1) To Roque Dalton 2) Memorium 3) Must I hear you bragging Conquistador? Longshoreman’s Hall on 2/18/72 4) Chinatown Fair 5) Woman Pirate 6) To Roque, before leaving to Fight in Unknown terrain Same as CD 395 Same as CAA 042
“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
Chicano Moratorium Commemoration - Part 1 Chicano Moratorium Commemoration - Part 1
Date: 8/29/1987Call Number: CV 267Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
People gather to honor the Chicano Moratorium and other ancestors struggles for freedom. Speakers discuss the need for bilingual education in schools and ethnic studies. Allies from Puerto Rican independence and Native rights movements call for a mobilization against US imperialism.
2nd Festival Latino in San Francisco 2nd Festival Latino in San Francisco
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: CV 305AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Second Festival Latino, San Francisco. Puerto Rican singer Lucecita Benitez and Chicano singer Jose Montoya on the roots of their music.