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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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Cuba Libre: 26 de Julio Music and Poetry Cuba Libre: 26 de Julio Music and Poetry
Date: 7/26/1972Call Number: RP 028 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Raul Torres and Emiliano Echeverria join forces with Nina Serrano, Elias Hruska Cortes, and Dr Myrta Chaban to present a late night potpourri of music, and poetry commemorating the 19th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks
Cuba Libre: 26 de Julio Music and Poetry Cuba Libre: 26 de Julio Music and Poetry
Date: 7/26/1972Call Number: RP 028 R3Format: Reel 3Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Raul Torres and Emiliano Echeverria join forces with Nina Serrano, Elias Hruska Cortes, and Dr Myrta Chaban to present a late night potpourri of music, and poetry commemorating the 19th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks
Poetry Reading at Dolores Park Poetry Reading at Dolores Park
Date: 8/19/1972Call Number: RP 031 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poets from Third World Communications read at Dolores Park
Poetry Reading at Dolores Park Poetry Reading at Dolores Park
Date: 8/19/1972Call Number: RP 031 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poets from Third World Communications read at Dolores Park
Poetry Reading at Dolores Park Poetry Reading at Dolores Park
Date: 8/19/1972Call Number: RP 031 R3Format: Reel 3Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poets from Third World Communications read at Dolores Park
The Cuban Revolution in Poetry & Song The Cuban Revolution in Poetry & Song
Date: 8/3/1972Call Number: RP 034Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Nina SerranoCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
The Cuban Revolution in Poetry & Song
Poetry, Chile, and La Raza Unida Poetry, Chile, and La Raza Unida
Date: 12/9/1972Call Number: RP 049 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano Echeverria, Nina Serrano, Daniel del SolarCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Nina Serrano and Daniel del Solar read poetry, and do interviews about the current situation in Chile. Later interviews with members of La Raza Unida party.
Police brutality and the Earthquake in Nicaragua Police brutality and the Earthquake in Nicaragua
Date: 12/30/1972Call Number: RP 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Raul Torres, Emiliano Echeverria, Nina Serrano, Isabel AlegriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Ending the year with two topics of focus: the recent earthquake in Nicaragua, and police brutality in the Mission. Also community announcements
Prison Poetry Prison Poetry
Call Number: RP 053Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Nina SerranoCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Nina Serrano hosts this program about poetry in the San Bruno (San Francisco County) Jail. She also discusses conditions in the prison with attorney Marvin Stender
First African Book Fair First African Book Fair
Call Number: SS 059Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Segments of poetry reading, interviews, American woman married to Zimbabwean from the First African Book Fair.