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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.

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Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 10/24/1971Call Number: RD 008Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Begins with spoken word recalling Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet, who wrote from his cell during his 10-year imprisonment. News coverage of the State murder of George Jackson at San Quentin Prison; Continued and expanding victories for Indochine region, especially Laos; Mexican armed guerilla movements; Eritrean movement against Ethiopia; North Vietnam victim of the heaviest bombing raid waged against them since 1965; Right wing CIA-supported coup in Bolivia; Reading of "Concerning Hopes" by a Palestinian poet; China is opposing the Indian government; Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh; Divisions in the Black Panther Party
Latin American Report: Repression in Brazil Latin American Report: Repression in Brazil
Date: 5/25/1971Call Number: KP 043Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Hal LevinProgram: Latin American ReportCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Fred Goff of NACLA on repression in Brazil.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 10/2/1971Call Number: RD 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon/Midnight FlashCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with Che Guevara/Bolivia tribute, Weather Underground bombing in Marin County & a communique, San Quentin 6, and prison related news.
El Derecho de Vivir en Paz: Victor Jara El Derecho de Vivir en Paz: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: Vin 089Format: VinylProducers: CasaCollection: Xican@
Victor Jara's most famous album, known for its strong anti-imperialist convictions and its rejection of United States backed Latin American parties. The songs talk about injustices perpetrated on the working class, the need for revolution throughout South America, racism, and the right to peace. In the song, "Plegaria de un labrador", the lyrics tell the worker to take up arms against his oppressor.
Towards a Science of Women's Liberation: An Analysis from Cuba Towards a Science of Women's Liberation: An Analysis from Cuba
Authors: Isabel Larguia and John DumoulinPublisher: Casa de las AmericasYear: 1971Volume Number: March-JuneFormat: ArticleCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Reproduction. Article is an English translation of an article published in the Cuban periodical Casa de las Americas
NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-8 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Documents of Struggle: Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Colombia