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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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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 8/5/1993Call Number: JH 415AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Llamada de Texas sobre la huelga de hambre en la frontera y la caravana a Cuba
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 3/10/1994Call Number: JH 437AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Antologia del Son; Letras indigenas; Caravana a cuba con gloria la Riva desde Laredo Texas, Duerto Matamoros
Wayne Dow Amnesty International- Chiapis, Mexico Loretta Ross CDR on "Patriots" Wayne Dow Amnesty International- Chiapis, Mexico Loretta Ross CDR on "Patriots"
Call Number: LA 177Format: Cass A & BCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Chiapis Mexico and the role of the United States. Wayne Dow from Amnesty International interviewed by Judy Gerber of "Just Peace". Attempt to connect Oklahoma native Americans with native people of Chiapis ,Mexico. Music by Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert "War of the Fleas". Judy Gerber interview with Loretta Ross, research director from the Center for Democratic Renewal from Atlanta GA. Discussion about Oklahoma City bombing, white supremacist sentiment, media role, link to Waco, and civil liberties violations.
On the Death Penalty On the Death Penalty
Call Number: PM 303AFormat: Cass ACollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
About the injustices, inconsistencies and political bias of the death penalty - state sanctioned. Racial inequalities in the use of the death penalty as well as its political use against Sacco and Vanzetti, the Rosenbergs and Mumia Abu Jamal are discussed.
Rolando Hinojosa Rolando Hinojosa
Date: 3/31/1992Call Number: CV 223BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Talks about his career and Chicano literature. An in-depth discussion about mainstream and independent publishing houses, bilingualism and Chicano identity. Hinojosa advocates for independent presses but does not ignore the importance of Chicano literature's mainstream success.
Cesar Chavez and Poem to Spring Cesar Chavez and Poem to Spring
Date: 4/24/1993Call Number: FI 235Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute produced the day after the death of Cesar Chavez, with musical selections from and about the struggle of farmworkers to unionize. Extended poem by Lincpln Bergman, "Spring Done Sprung" which summarizes news in US and internationally. Program also pays tribute to Oliver Tambo, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.
News Reports from June 9 or 10th 1967 News Reports from June 9 or 10th 1967
Call Number: CE 617Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The reel begins in the Middle East with reports about the Israeli strike against the USS Liberty focusing on the attack, US casualties, the Israeli and US position on the attack. Reports from the Six Days War continue including Egypt’s military losses, Jordan’s casualties, and reports that Israel used napalm on field hospitals in Jordan. Reports from the city of Bethlehem which has been captured by the Israeli army. Reports shift to the United States where Texas Rangers violently suppress a UFW strike in Texas. Reports move back to the Middle East where Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser resigns but retains his position amongst popular support. Report on prostitution in San Francisco and other local stories. Brief report from Vietnam, more from the Middle Easts.
Off the Hook Off the Hook
Publisher: Missouri Prisoners' UnionYear: 2007Volume Number: January Issue 13Format: PeriodicalCollection: Missouri Prison Labor Union
Contents include: Editorials; Letters; and News
Off the Hook Off the Hook
Publisher: Missouri Prisoners' UnionYear: 2003Volume Number: Winter Issue 5Format: PeriodicalCollection: Missouri Prison Labor Union
Contents include: Texas Prisoners Get Organized!; The Prison Industrial Complex; Support for the MPLU Agenda; From the Tomb of the Living, Yet the Dead; Do Correctional Officers Have a Duty to Society?
Ramsey Muniz on Democratic and Republican Parties Ramsey Muniz on Democratic and Republican Parties
Format: mp3Collection: Xican@
Ramsey Muniz, the first Chicano Candidate for governor in the state of Texas, gives his insight as to how he views both the Democratic and Republican parties as one animal with two heads. He also gives examples of how previous Mexican American Democratic leaders controlled Latino supporters. Clip is in Spanish. Taken from CD 827.