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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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Normon Solomon at UCSC Normon Solomon at UCSC
Date: 1/15/1998Call Number: PM 334AFormat: Cass ACollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
About media, democracy, and progressive social change.
Gerda Fulder, Sidney Rogers: Sproul Hall Sit-in Gerda Fulder, Sidney Rogers: Sproul Hall Sit-in
Date: 12/1/1964Call Number: CE 673Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interview with Gerda Fulder, a Berkeley resident and mother of two daughters attending UC Berkeley. She attended several FSM rallies in late 1964 and describes being impressed by the discipline and moral seriousness of the students. She was present at Sproul Hall on the evening of December 2 and describes her experiences. She and her daughters ultimately made the decision, with some uncertainty, not to stay and risk arrest. Interview with Sidney Roger at his home in Berkeley. He covered the events for the ILWU’s Dispatcher newspaper as well as being a UC Berkeley alumnus, former instructor, and parent of students. He describes experiences at the December 2-3 sit-in in detail, including the different police forces present and their actions, the diversity of sit-in participants and perspectives, the “remarkable behavior” and activities organized by students in Sproul Hall, and the ad hoc faculty meeting.
Deputy District Attorney Edwin Meese Deputy District Attorney Edwin Meese
Call Number: CE 701Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interview with Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Edwin Meese on the Sproul Hall sit-in and the events that brought in police and State Highway Patrol. He discusses the criminal violations he says were committed and “riotous conditions” created by students. He states there was no police brutality whatsoever and that students attacked officers. He states that university representatives were consulted about outside police presence but that outside police have jurisdiction over the campus. He denies that actions were taken to restrict press access.
Victory Rally: 12/8/64 Tape 2 Victory Rally: 12/8/64 Tape 2
Date: 12/8/1964Call Number: CE 709Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Rally speech by Mario Savio detailing post-strike issues for the FSM and UC Berkeley-related issues. Also includes interview of Savio and another student which goes into further detail about FSM goals, its legal defense fund, structure of UC Berkeley, President Kerr's actions and the power structure of the university. Further issues of discussion include the impact of African American/civil rights activism on higher education, social issues like unemployment and anti-war activism, the Emergency Committee, misrepresentation in media/press of the FSM, and the necessity of transparency in politics.
Jerry Rubin's Letter to the U.S. - and SLA Jerry Rubin's Letter to the U.S. - and SLA
Author: Jerry RubinDate: 2/17/1974Volume Number: 17-FebFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This letter was written by Yippie leader Jerry Rubin addresses the people of the U.S. and the SLA. Rubin calls for the SLA to capitalize on the moment of power they had to create a mass movement towards social justice.
Symbionese Liberation Army: Support-Criticize-Love Them Symbionese Liberation Army: Support-Criticize-Love Them
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Statement supporting the SLA and identifying ways the media has discredited their actions.