Search Help

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.

Search Results

Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 9/9/1972Call Number: RD 021Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Olympics of murder poem by Lincoln Bergman, Munich Olympics, Palestinian guerrillas. History of Israel/Palestine. Black September in Jordan. Vietnam and demonstration in San Francisco against Nixon with actuality of Tricia Nixon. Info on People's Blockade of USS Enterprise in SF Bay. First anniversary of Attica, with William Kunstler reading the Attica Manifesto and prisoner voices. Billy Dean Smith case, various prison news, poetry.
La Raza Unida excerpts La Raza Unida excerpts
Date: 11/23/1972Call Number: LA 180AFormat: Cass ACollection: Xican@
A press conference with two La Raza Unida party leaders. Brief interviews with 11 and 12 year olds, and other material related to La Raza Unida Party.
Terry Garthwaite Concert Terry Garthwaite Concert
Date: 10/1/1972Call Number: KP 332Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
Concert for Bay Area Festival of Women in the Arts, with Terry Garthwaite, Fritz Kasten, and David Garthwaite.
Interview with Fernando Alegria - Festival del Sexto Sol Interview with Fernando Alegria - Festival del Sexto Sol
Date: 10/29/1972Call Number: CD 602Format: CDProducers: Raul Torres, Emiliano Echeverria, Andres AlegriaProgram: Fernando Alegria interviewed by Raul TorresCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Raul Torres Interviews Fernando Alegria about the current situation in Chile, attacks by US interests on Chile’s Popular Unity Government, and on Chilean democracy and sovereignty. Raw materials from Festival del Sexto Sol, including readings by Fernando Alegria and poetry read by Nina Serrano. Same as RP 041, CAA 034, CD 313
The Midnight Flash The Midnight Flash
Date: 5/3/1972Call Number: RD 071Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman (Roland Young)Program: The Midnight FlashCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News on Angela Davis trial, the case of Lee Otis Johnson, and interview with Arlene Eisen about women in Vietnam. Movement and trial news, Cuban song for Angela Davis.
Midnight Flash Midnight Flash
Date: 9/16/1972Call Number: RD 022Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman (Roland Young)Program: Midnight FlashCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Dedicated to first anniversary of the Attica rebellion. Also Billy Dean Smith trial, and actuality of Jane Fonda on trip to Vietnam.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 10/21/1972Call Number: RD 023Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News from Southeast Asia, India, South Korea, martial law around the world, antiwar demonstrations in Europe, Netherlands anti-US bombing, Chile, Middle East, Africa, Black National Assembly meets in Chicago, Billy Dean Smith court martial, H. Rap Brown trial, San Francisco anti-Weather Underground Grand Jury, other Grand Juries, history of Nixon.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 11/2/1972Call Number: RD 026Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon poem by Lincoln Bergman, extensive Vietnam news, H. Rap Brown trial in NYC, song about SNCC by Freedom Singers, Vietnam prison escape.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 11/11/1972Call Number: RD 025Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman (on Oneness)Program: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Nixon re-election, Indochina news, rebellion in US Navy, sabotage trial of Patrick Chenoweth, Billy Dean Smith trial. Native American occupations; Black students southern University protest; women's prison protest at SF County Jail at San Bruno; Three Grand Juries (Vietnam Veterans, IRA, Weather Underground); Amilcar Cabral visits the US.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 10/28/1972Call Number: RD 024Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Detailed coverage of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia situation, with poem written by Xuan Thuy, Vietnamese negotiator in Paris, huge demonstrations in Germany.