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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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Dolores Huerta Tribute Dolores Huerta Tribute
Date: 8/29/1995Call Number: CV 311Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
KPFA radio show and tribute to Dolores Huerta; music is in English and Spanish. Some songs praise Dolores while others explore political messages about the United Farm Workers. Following the music is a short interview with Dolores, reflecting upon her work, leadership and accomplishments.
Dolores Huerta Assault Dolores Huerta Assault
Date: 9/15/1988Call Number: CV 308AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Much of tape was recorded at press conference against farm workers unions the day after Delores Huerta was brutally attacked by San Francisco PD
UFW Met Life Protest w/ Dolores Huerta UFW Met Life Protest w/ Dolores Huerta
Date: 12/22/1987Call Number: CV 312Format: CassetteCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
This recording details a protest against Met Life (Metropolitan Life) and features segments and music in both English and Spanish. Topics of the protest include the use of pesticides and the long term effects of that exposure on workers as well as Met Life’s refusal to make concessions with the UFW.
United Farm Workers (UFW) - Boycott S.F. Supervisors United Farm Workers (UFW) - Boycott S.F. Supervisors
Date: 12/1/2012Call Number: CV 313Format: CassetteCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
This recording deals with a number of issues regarding the boycott against California table grapes. Adam Ortega, the spokesperson for the grape workers and farmers, speaks on a number of topics pertaining to the boycott. The reliability and vision of the United Farm Workers’ Union and public reaction to the boycott is discussed as well as the medical effects of pesticides, especially on children, the prevalence of pesticide use and poisoning in California. There are also brief segments of music on this tape.
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.
La Chicana en el Movimiento La Chicana en el Movimiento
Date: 5/22/1972Call Number: CD 833Format: CDProducers: Irene (Bernice) Ramirez, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
From East LA to the Bay area and beyond, Las mujeres de la Raza speak out. Discuss the La Raza Unida Conference. Ideas include: education in la familia, welfare, labor and immigration, male/female roles, abortion, drug abuse, teacher/student relationship. Maria Elena Gaytan speaks powerfully about situations facing today’s Chicanas, and addresses the need for the community to mobilize. She talks in specific detail about the Mexican economy and the US hand involved, Chicanos v. Mexicanos, outsourcing, border policies, voting protocol for La Raza Unida, and the Dixon Arnett Law.
Boycott Grapes Song from UFW March Boycott Grapes Song from UFW March
Date: 11/1/1984Call Number: CV 318Format: CassetteCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Tape includes a song from a UFW march, regarding the California grape boycott. Followed by an interview in Portuguese? Topic unknown. Pre-recorded, brief mention that translation will be done when the program airs.
West Virginia Coal Miner's Blues: Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys West Virginia Coal Miner's Blues: Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: Vin 077Format: VinylProducers: Old Homestead RecordsCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Though not fully recognized in the bluegrass community, Don Stover's unique banjo picking style and lyrics about the tough life of a West Virginia coal miner are authentic representation of American bluegrass.
Break the Chains: Prairie Fire Break the Chains: Prairie Fire
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 083Format: VinylProducers: One Spark MusicCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
For the US bicentennial Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore composed revolutionary songs for the working class. Songs like "Let's Get 'em off Our Backs (200 Years is Long Enough)" speak about the unfair and unjust ways the American labor forces is treated and paid. Themes include the fight for unions and the stark contrast between the upper class and the working class.
Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: Vin 088Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In tribute to the "disappeared ones" of Chile's workers and poor population, this album would play an important role in the later political events in Chile. These songs are a denunciation of the Chilean government and are in dedication to the workers and "the fruits of their labor."