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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.
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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.
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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Dolores Huerta Dolores Huerta
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: CV 254AFormat: Cass AProducers: David BaconCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Discusses the UFW's progress in organizing farm workers and immigration issues.
Dolores Huerta Birthday - Part 2 Dolores Huerta Birthday - Part 2
Date: 4/29/1995Call Number: CV 260AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
65th birthday celebration for Dolores Huerta discussing Huerta's involvement in the movement. Carlos Santana plays music and honors her work.
Dolores Huerta Birthday - Part 2 Dolores Huerta Birthday - Part 2
Date: 4/29/1995Call Number: CV 260BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Dolores Huerta discusses the so-called welfare reforms of Gov. Pete Wilson which would exclude non citizens.
Jessica McLintock Protests Jessica McLintock Protests
Date: 12/11/1994Call Number: V 429Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
60 Minutes segment on sweatshops in San Francisco. Focus on organizing of women sweatshop workers. Women Against Imperialism and the Garment Workers Union boycotting designer Jessica McLintock.
Immigration and Crime Immigration and Crime
Date: 10/31/1994Call Number: CV 262AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Protest of Proposition 187. John Marquez (Richmond City Council) speaks on 'operation crackdown' in the city of Richmond. Speakers address the increase in violent crime and the city's new measures to counter it.
Oscar Mondragon - Frank Curil Interview Oscar Mondragon - Frank Curil Interview
Date: 4/6/1988Call Number: CV 263Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Oscar Mondragon and Frank Curil discuss the UFW's third major grape boycott. Curil explains the union's stance on workers' rights, the new method of boycotting and the health risk of pesticides.
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights - Part 4 National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights - Part 4
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 264Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Maria Flores of Centro Obrero of El Paso, speaks on the lack of immigration rights and access to education. Robert Martinez of the American Friends Service Committee discusses hate crimes being committed against Mexican and Central American immigrants in border cities and southern Florida. Jorge Hinojosa on tracking immigrant abuse by the INS.
Immigrant Rights, A Civil Right Issue For the 1990's - Part 5 Immigrant Rights, A Civil Right Issue For the 1990's - Part 5
Date: 10/28/1990Call Number: CV 266Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Discussion of the HIV tests imposed on immigrants from Mexico and Central America at border detention centers. Forum on refugee communities from Guatemala and Haiti. Also discussion of the Cuban-Haitian Adjustment Act and the Motley Bill which impacts on refugees from Guatemala. Raids on day laborers are criticized.
Poems Against War, Part 1 Poems Against War, Part 1
Date: 1/25/1991Call Number: CV 265Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Poetry critical both of war in general and the Gulf War (1st Iraq War) specifically. Criticism of high Latino involvement in the war (35-40% of troops were Latino/Chicano). Discussion of past wars and what they meant for Mexican Americans. Recitation of poetry on the “immigration wars”, the raids and attacks on immigrant communities.
Immigrant Rights: A Civill Rights Issue For the 90's - Part 2 Immigrant Rights: A Civill Rights Issue For the 90's - Part 2
Date: 10/25/1990Call Number: CV 269Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About xenophobia and racism against immigrants across the world (in the US, France, Italy, and England) and the attacks on civil rights. The fight for multi ethnic unity in the face of anti-immigrant mobilizations and opposing attempts to pit different ethnic groups against one another. The 1986 Immigration Reformation and Control Act is discussed, which introduces I-9 Forms and grants some immigrants amnesty. INS abuses on the borders are also addressed.