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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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The Natives Band The Natives Band
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: CD 583Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A local San Francisco band performing rock and roll music as well as indigenous drumming.
The Natives Band The Natives Band
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: CAA 142Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
A local San Francisco band performing rock and roll music as well as indigenous drumming.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 11/18/1972Call Number: RD 026 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Lincoln Bergman (on Oneness show)Program: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with story about two black students killed in Baton Rouge, then the acquittal of Billy Dean Smith on fragging charges, Tom Hayden reporting on trip to Vietnam. Lincoln Bergman recites "The Bitter River" by Langston Hughes, followed by "We Are Soldiers" civil rights song.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 6/20/1972Call Number: RD 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with reports from Vietnam, news on bombing the dikes, report on Billy Dean Smith trial opening, prison news, Frances Emley report on rejection of an award....ends with Summertime sung by Billie Holiday.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 7/15/1972Call Number: RD 015Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon (on Oneness show)Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with full statement by Nguyen Thai Binh who was killed when he tried to hijack a plane to Hanoi (he had an orange), statement read by Lincoln Bergman. He became a hero to Vietnamese independence cause. Announcement of event/candlelight memorial by Union of Vietnamese to memorialize Thai Binh. Thai Binh’s family held prisoner in Vietnam—newspapers confiscated when they carried stories about him (July 2, 1972 was the date of Thai Binh’s action.); Roundup of much other Vietnam news, General killed, British freighter sunk, Jane Fonda visit to the North report from Vietnam News Agency; Le Duc Tho returns to Paris; other Asia, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Philippines, Middle East/Japanese Red Army Lod Airport action, Greece, arrest of eight people in an organization called “New Left,” for alleged plot to kidnap a Kennedy, etc.; Ruchell Magee statement—documents sent to KPFA, read by Lincoln Bergman, announce a protest on July 28, 1972 in support of Ruchell Magee; report by Larry Bensky on charges/indictment against leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War in connection with upcoming Republican Convention in Florida, and the role of an informant in these charges; McGovern nominated, time will tell—closes with song “Keep on Pushin’
Afeni Shakur Interview Afeni Shakur Interview
Date: 1/27/1972Call Number: CD 592Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Afeni Shakur speaks about the Panther 21 Trial, the Black Panther Party, repression and prisons.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 7/22/1972Call Number: RD 016Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with report on Vietnam, Nixon, firestorms, Nguyen Thai Binh, report on Attica, other prison rebellions, July 26th. Night Before Moncada poem by Lincoln Bergman. Closes with Place in the Sun by Stevie Wonder.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 8/5/1972Call Number: RD 018Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Save the Planet,” Hiroshima, Nagasaki, then Vietnam news, including two limericks about Jane Fonda with actuality of Jane Fonda, in her interview with Asia Information Group, discusses the committee of solidarity. More Vietnam news, on successful offensives against US military, speech by War Secretary Laird disrupted, bomb at Air Force Academy officer’s club with communiqué signed by “the Americong.” Pentagon Papers trial delayed, South Vietnamese student political prisoners/tiger cages—student statement on mistreatment, beating, and torture of student activists, Union of Vietnamese sponsors a Vietnamese Cultural Night with film “The Victory of Dien Bien Phu,” Nguyen Thai Binh poem by LB—“my name it is Thai Binh and Thai Binh means peace,” —“my only bomb is my human heart..” with last verse sung…..Marin County courthouse, “the courthouse slave rebellion,” George Jackson actuality about Jonathan Jackson and the events of August 7, 1971, poem to Jonathan Jackson by Lincoln Bergman, detailed report on Ruchell Magee trial, denied the right to defend himself, H. Rap Brown, Presidential campaign news, Weather Underground bombing, Leslie Bacon case/wiretaps; quotes from Marilyn Monroe from a Ms. Magazine article, Palestine news, demonstrators in Japan against Vietnam war. Hiroshima, Nagasaki----children of the future—the Venceremitos (400 children from 28 countries) in Cuba.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 8/12/1972Call Number: RD 019Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with grandmother poem by Lincoln Bergman on anti-imperialism, then Vietnam, Cambodia, war crimes trials, and much Vietnam news & bombing the dikes. Portugal, Africa, Ruchell Magee case, Amistad rebellion history, San Diego border rape case, Chavez Ortiz hijacking case. Overall theme: the dreams that we dare to dream come true.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 9/2/1972Call Number: RD 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Call for the Fall, poem by Lincoln Bergman, Vietnam Independence day, history summarized, Ho Chi Minh quote on the elephant and the tiger with poem by Judy Grahn read by LB. Much Vietnam news, then song by captured US pilots-end the war--to tune of Buddy Holly song. Billy Dean Smith fragging trial. Latin America news on Puerto Rico, the Tupamaros in Uruguay, and bio of Raul Sendic.