Independent Collections
These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.
Subcollections
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Colin Edwards Collection
Materials representing the life-work and journalism of a Welsh radio correspondent and journalist who worked for Pacifica stations, the BBC and many other broadcasters. -
Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
This collection is produced by journalist Colin Edwards and represent a comprehensive account of the Free Speech Movement and its effect on the political climate of UC Berkeley. -
Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Kiilu Nyasha is a revolutionary journalist and former member of the Black Panther Party. Kiilu still hosts Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, which now appears as a TV program. -
“Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
KPFA weekly news program running from 1973-1976 featuring in-depth coverage of liberation struggles around the world. -
“The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon was a radio program broadcast on KPFA from 1971-1973. This news show focused on issues of national liberation, political prisoners, Vietnam and other major national and international topics.
Documents
9 Documents Found
![Bobby Seale interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/4/1968Call Number: CE 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Seale speaks at the Panther National Headquarters about former Panther Larry Powell. Poell, a day after his mysterious release from jail on a robbery charge, has testified before the Senate McClellan Investigative Committee, claiming that the Panthers are involved in extortion. Seale states that Powell had distributed a coloring book (withdrawn by the Party leadership) about targeting police. Seale refers to Safeway Stores in Oakland refusing to contribute food to the breakfas programs and subsequently being leafleted. Seale is asked about statements made by Raymond Johnson (now in Cuba) about racial discrimination, about criticisms of the Panthers by Stokely Carmichael and about the United Front Against Fascism. He says that Eldridge Cleaver is now somewhere in the third world.
![Ward Churchill - American Indian Movement of Pine Ridge: Siege by FBI and US Marshalls](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/23/1991Call Number: CE 484Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Ward Churchill, author, activist, and former professor, speaks about the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee in which 200 or so Oglala Lakota and members of the AIM occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation responding to the failure of impeaching the tribal president and to expose inhumane and corrupt conditions on Pine Ridge by the US Federal government through the tribal government. Churchill gives a succinct history of Lakota/US relations, including details of treaties, and discusses the role of COINTELPRO in neutralizing the AIM.
![Nothing Is More Precious Than](images/thumbnails//5253.jpg)
Date: 12/8/1973Call Number: NI 010Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
World and national news roundup, with reports from Cuba in The Voice of Vietnam, Tom Hayden on end of Chicago conspiracy, Bruce Solloway on Assata Shakur and Fred Hilton, first report on COINTELPRO, Voice of Vietnam from Cuba
![Nothing Is More Precious Than](images/thumbnails//5260.jpg)
Date: 1/13/1974Call Number: NI 015Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett with Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious Than...Collection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Roundup of international, Asia and Latin America, report from Havana, BLA trials in NY, Wounded Knee trial report, and some local news.
![Nothing is More Precious Than](images/thumbnails//5261.jpg)
Date: 1/19/1974Call Number: NI 016Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett with Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Honors Martin Luther King and Amilcar Cabral (with Cabral speaking), and includes reports on the SLA (tape from Nancy Ling Perry), BLA trials in NYC (Francisco Torres), Wounded Knee trials (Dennis Banks), and San Quentin 6.
![Nothing Is More Precious Than](images/thumbnails//5268.jpg)
Date: 4/6/1974Call Number: NI 022Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark Schwartz, Susan MatrossProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Roundup of local news, report on SLA, then national and international, with emphasis on women and women's liberation and report on Wounded Knee and NY 5 trials.
![Nothing Is More Precious Than](images/thumbnails//5339.jpg)
Date: 6/14/1975Call Number: NI 072Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark ScwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Most of program devoted to the assassination in San Francisco of United Prisoners Union leader Popeye Jackson and a supporter Sally Voye, with a memorial rally and exchange of commentary from clandestine organizations. Includes report on wounding of Ruseell Means, conviction of Rusell Little and Joe Remiro, and San Quentin 6 case.
![Real Dragon](images/thumbnails//1934.jpg)
Date: 6/2/1973Call Number: RD 045Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Mary MackeyProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program reports on events following General Alexander Haig running the White House as Chief of Staff. First impeach Nixon rally in Berkeley. Bombing of Cambodia continues. Defoliant 245T (dioxin) in Vietnam, pesticides, Latin America news roundup, Ho Chi Minh on children’s day.
![The Midnight Flash](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/7/1971Call Number: RD 072Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman (Roland Young)Program: The Midnight FlashCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Grand Jury investigations, Vietnam negotiations, Timothy Leary escape, and movement news. One of the first Midnight Flash programs.
9 Documents Found