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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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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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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 7/18/1996Call Number: JH 502BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Community Peace Initiative,, Gabriel Movera, Música
Middle East Middle East
Call Number: FI 017Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
War in the Middle East and U.S. intervention in foreign politics. Anti-war songs and poetry. Owen Davis performs a song-poem about values, racism, drugs, war, and love. Miranda Bergman is interviewed about the Middle East and Palestine.
Break the Silence Break the Silence
Date: 9/28/1989Call Number: FI 018Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln Bergman, KPFAProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lincoln Bergman interviews Jewish women artists who are trying to make peace in the Middle East - Break the Silence Mural project. About their work and goals for peace, solidarity, and on their experiences. Includes music and Lincoln Bergman reading poems about Huey P. Newton.
Paul Robeson Show: Peace Arch Park Paul Robeson Show: Peace Arch Park
Date: 9/24/1983Call Number: PR 019Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Excerpts from 1952 & 1953 Robeson concerts at Peach Arch Park on the US-Canada border in defiance of US government’s denial of his right to travel. Includes introduction by Harvey Murphy, president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, Vancouver, British Columbia. Robeson speaks about his passport struggle and freedom of speech, international solidarity & friendship. Robeson sings. Also on CD 244, Track 2
Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: PR 035Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Readings of stories about Paul Robeson, by Shirley Graham Du Bois and others, read by Ena Hernandez. Includes excerpts from Robeson speaking at a rent party at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, in New York. Unedited tape; some parts repeated on PR036. (begins in mid sentence) Same as CD271, Track 1.
Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: PR 036Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Readings of stories about Paul Robeson, by Shirley Graham Du Bois and others, read by Ena Hernandez. Includes excerpts from Robeson speaking at a rent party at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, in New York. Unedited tape; some parts repeated on PR035. (Starts in mid sentence) Same as CD271, Track 2.
Paul Robeson: Peace Arch & Wales Paul Robeson: Peace Arch & Wales
Call Number: PR 073Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Concert at Peace Arch Park, May 18, 1952; Concert to Welsh miners by cable 1957 Same as CD 338, Track 1, 4-7
Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback
Date: 4/3/1992Call Number: LA 081Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
An East Bay women’s delegation speaks of their recent trip to El Salvador immediately following the peace accords ending the civl war there. They worked closely with a women’s delegation newly started there, learning and teaching, as well as visited a FMLN camp to see the conditions of the women soldiers there. A lot of good information about the condition of women in El Salvador paralleled with the delicate political situation there.
Focus on the Americas “Republicrats” with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Focus on the Americas “Republicrats” with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D.
Call Number: JG/ 080BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Bonpane discusses many topics of the day (recorded October 1990). 1. Sen. Pete Wilson refuses to see him and representatives of Salvadorian community regarding House Resolution #5114 and the Casden-Graham provision. 2. Brian Wilson, who lost his legs trying to stop a munitions shipment to El Salvador, informs of a peace delegation underway to Iraq. 3. Bonpane reads open letter from Mennonites to the people of Iraq. 4. Responds to Democratic National Committee Chair Ron Brown's statement regarding Democratic support for war in Iraq. 5. Informs of 10-day Human Rights delegation to Mexico. 6. Informs of Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez's upcoming visit to Los Angeles. 7. Bonpane reads a letter from Jeffrey Patterson who refused to serve in the military action in Iraq.
Focus on the Americas with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Interview with Michael Job on recent trip to Iraq. Focus on the Americas with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Interview with Michael Job on recent trip to Iraq.
Call Number: JG/ 081BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Michael Job who served as the Chair of the Veteran's Peace Action Teams and is a Vietnam combat veteran discusses reason behind military action in Iraq. Job and Bonpane discuss the conflicting and confusing multitude of reasons for war with Iraq given by President George Bush (Sr.). They discuss the contradictions and hypocrisy in Bush's arguments, call for more critical thinking by citizens and military personnel. Discuss the similarities between a draft and indentured servitude (slavery), the class issues involved in the war, and the exploitation of the poor by military recruiters. They put the military buildup in the Middle East in perspective by linking it to Regan's Iran Contra affair and attacks on Nicaragua. Call for equality in treatment of countries - foreign military response to US invasion of Panama and Israeli invasion of Syria. They reject double standards and liken Bush's action to starting a global conflict.