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How does this work?
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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AFL-CIO Convention AFL-CIO Convention
Date: 10/6/1993Call Number: CV 055Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Speeches and interviews recorded at an AFL-CIO convention in San Francisco, California on October 6, 1993. Interviews in Spanish with Yolanda Navarro from Watsonville, CA, and Linda Chavez-Thompson from San Antonio, TX about NAFTA, plant closures, need for more democratic and stronger unions, labor violence in Mexican maquiladoras. Intermittent speeches in English about NAFTA, followed by speech and interview with Janet Reno discussing education, labor and community relations, child care, and immigration.
Peoples Park Protest / San Rafael Hiring Hall Hearing Peoples Park Protest / San Rafael Hiring Hall Hearing
Call Number: CV 197Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Protest at People's Park in Berkeley against the installation of sports courts in the park. A public hearing for/against the construction of a hiring hall for immigrant day laborers in San Rafael.
Cuauhtemoc Cardeñas speaks at UC Berkeley Cuauhtemoc Cardeñas speaks at UC Berkeley
Date: 11/16/1989Call Number: JG/ 139AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR) in Mexico speaks against US intervention in Central and Latin America. He addresses questions about the role of anti-imperialist actions in the US in support of Mexico, and discusses the creation of new, egalitarian trade relationships between North and South American economies.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 7/21/1973Call Number: CD 831Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Update on United Farm Workers (UFW) movement, increasing militarization and violence at the border, surveillance technology, Milton Scott and prison update.
Dolores Huerta Morning Show Dolores Huerta Morning Show
Date: 9/2/1988Call Number: CV 322Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Dolores Huerta on a morning show. Topics discussed: UFW boycott of grapes, basic, quick history of UFW, use and dangers of pesticides, Teamsters' Union, AFL-CIO, and immigration issues related to farm workers. Discusses amnesty and access to social services, opposition of immigration services and growers companies to amnesty/social services, corporate policies of mass immigration through Mexican border and how they result in mass unemployment/lack of food and shelter for immigrants