Independent Collections
These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.
Subcollections
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Colin Edwards Collection
Materials representing the life-work and journalism of a Welsh radio correspondent and journalist who worked for Pacifica stations, the BBC and many other broadcasters. -
Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
This collection is produced by journalist Colin Edwards and represent a comprehensive account of the Free Speech Movement and its effect on the political climate of UC Berkeley. -
Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Kiilu Nyasha is a revolutionary journalist and former member of the Black Panther Party. Kiilu still hosts Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, which now appears as a TV program. -
“Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
KPFA weekly news program running from 1973-1976 featuring in-depth coverage of liberation struggles around the world. -
“The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon was a radio program broadcast on KPFA from 1971-1973. This news show focused on issues of national liberation, political prisoners, Vietnam and other major national and international topics.
Documents
5 Documents Found
![Report/Wrap Up by Lincoln Bergman](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
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
![Real Dragon](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/10/1972Call Number: RD 013Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News coverage includes spoken word on "Napalm of Pain"; North American advisor for Vietnam died there after spending 10 years in Viet Nam; U.S. bombs are ruining infrastructure, including all the dikes for upcoming rainy season; 10 Anti-war Vietnemese students who were protesting were told their study arrangements have been halted and they face deportation to Saigon and imprisonment, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Joey Russo, and Jon Voight offer asylum for the students; Rand Corporation explores the idea of automated warfare; Over 1600 American prisoners being held in Indochina; Haight Ashbury demonstration in San Francisco favors 7 Point Plan; People's Republic of China blames world pollution on capitalist pursuits; Over 20 guerillas in Selan dug an 86 foot tunnel and escaped detention center; Guinea Bissau struggles against Portugese colonialism; In Johannesburg and Cape Town students protest segregated schools and marks the first large scale protest organized by white students; 468 Anglo-American Company miners died in Rhodesia; German student leader arrested after participating in a Black Panther Sympathy march and was convicted of breeching the public peace by encouraging attacks on police; Angela Davis is acquitted on all charges; Ruchell Mcgee trial underway; Death of Dr. Walter Freeman, originator of the lobotomy, claimed women were fine lobotomy candidates because they didn't need to use their brains to earn a living as men do.
![Six-Day War media coverage](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/5/1967Call Number: CE 189Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: CBS, ABCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
US corporate media on the first day of the Six-Day War. Includes stories on new weapons being used in Vietnam, rebellion within the ranks of the US military in Vietnam, NAACP charging Federal Government for not enforcing the Equal Opportunity Employment Executive Order in Cleveland, urban rebellion in the Roxbury district of Boston. Also includes a report from Jerusalem, report from Cairo on Israel's unprovoked air raid and attack on the Sinai peninsula and Port Said, and report of Syrian bombers attacking an Israeli oil refinery in Haifa.
![Sproul Hall Rally: 11/4/66](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/4/1966Call Number: CE 749Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Campus rally: first half focused on Vietnam War, second half on the university moving the designated rally area from the Sproul Hall steps to the lower plaza. Speakers include Bettina Aptheker, Campus Conservatives president Dan Rosenthal, and Mario Savio.
![Sproul Hall Rally 11/4/66](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/4/1966Call Number: CE 747Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Campus rally: first half focused on Vietnam War, second half on the university moving the designated rally area from the Sproul Hall steps to the lower plaza. Speakers include Bettina Aptheker, Campus Conservatives president Dan Rosenthal, and Mario Savio.
5 Documents Found