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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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Report/Wrap Up by Lincoln Bergman Report/Wrap Up by Lincoln Bergman
Date: 5/2/1971Call Number: PEN 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Live reportCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Report on the largest mass arrest in US history
Readings of George Jackson Readings of George Jackson
Date: 9/14/1971Call Number: PM 089Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Readings of George JacksonCollection: George Jackson
Recorded snippets and sample readings of the readings of George Jackson (Read by Chris Graham). Views on Vietnam, U.S. Prisons, Love of People, Views of Life, Black Panthers, Extremism, Prison Experience. *Extreme slow-sound distortion at the end of the tape.
Actor Chris Graham reading from Soledad Brother (Part 2 of 2) Actor Chris Graham reading from Soledad Brother (Part 2 of 2)
Date: 9/14/1971Call Number: PM 118Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: George Jackson
Actor Chris Graham does several readings of various passages from Soledad Brother. Sounds a lot like George Jackson. Good quality. Reel 2 of 2. See PM 112 for Reel 1 of 2 with Chris Graham reading Soledad Brother.
La Guerra: Ya Basta! La Guerra: Ya Basta!
Date: 11/13/1971Call Number: RP 001 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Hal Levin, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Reflecciones de la RazaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Chicano contingent in the November 6, 1971 peace march in San Francisco. Chicano attitudes towards the war in Vietnam and the Chicano movement. Dolores Huerta gives speech.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 8/15/1971Call Number: RD 003Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon (Midnight Flash)Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Lincoln Bergman reads "Midnight Flash" with focus on the civil war in Northern Ireland in 1971. News reports on other events of the world in August of 1971 include Uruguay's attempt to remove their president, the United States basketball team's loss to the Cuban national team, South Africa's continued protests against apartheid by proposing a bill to turn the U.S. companies in South Africa over to Black Africans, the United States continued to stall an NLF Peace Proposal in VietNam, the six year anniversary of the 1965 Watts Riot. Reading of a poem written by Charlie Cobb formerly of SNCC. Bergman also reports the crumbling of the Saigon government, and rebellion by war veterans at an Air Force base that was trying to appeal for benefits from the U.S. government. Other coverage of 6 Pitt River Indians forced off their land by Pacific Gas & Electric, and Chicano march at Folsom Prison in protest of prison conditions.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 9/23/1971Call Number: RD 005Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Richard Oakes shot and killed by Michael Morgan. He was active in the native American Resistance whereby the "Proclamation of Alcatraz" reads that the Indians will purchase Alcatraz for $24- the same price whites paid when they bought Manhattan. A poet from Laos draws parallels between Indians in America and those in Indochina. A Vietnam resolution is yet to be approved by the Senate. North Vietnam ministry reports U.S. bombing of 11 provinces; 33, 000 Saigon troops are deserted in provinces. President Marcos of the Phillippenes imposes Martial law to save the country from a communist revolution. Israel invades Lebanon.
La Guerra: Ya Basta! La Guerra: Ya Basta!
Date: 11/13/1971Call Number: CD 572Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Raul Torres, Hal Levin, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Reflecciones de la RazaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Chicano contingent in the November 6, 1971 peace march in San Francisco. Chicano attitudes towards the war in Vietnam and the Chicano movement. Dolores Huerta speaks about boycotting Safeway and returning Chicano soldiers. Santana music between segments.
La Guerra: Ya Basta! La Guerra: Ya Basta!
Date: 11/13/1971Call Number: RP 001 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Hal Levin, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Reflecciones de la RazaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Chicano contingent in the November 6, 1971 peace march in San Francisco. Chicano attitudes towards the war in Vietnam and the Chicano movement. Dolores Huerta speaches.
La Guerra: Ya Basta! La Guerra: Ya Basta!
Date: 11/13/1971Call Number: CD 766Format: CDProducers: Raul Torres, Hal Levin, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Reflecciones de la RazaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Chicano contingent in the November 6, 1971 peace march in San Francisco. Chicano attitudes towards the war in Vietnam and the Chicano movement. Dolores Huerta speaches.
La Guerra: Ya Basta! La Guerra: Ya Basta!
Date: 11/13/1971Call Number: CD 767Format: CDProducers: Raul Torres, Hal Levin, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Reflecciones de la RazaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Chicano contingent in the November 6, 1971 peace march in San Francisco. Chicano attitudes towards the war in Vietnam and the Chicano movement. Dolores Huerta speaches.