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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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Interview with Earl Shorris Interview with Earl Shorris
Date: 11/13/1992Call Number: CV 152Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview with Earl Shorris about his book "Latinos"
Latinos and the Election Latinos and the Election
Date: 10/31/1992Call Number: CV 220AFormat: Cass AProgram: AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chuy Varela facilitates a forum on the issues affecting Latinos in the upcoming 1992 general elections. The panel features Jose Padilla, the Executive Director of the California Rural Legal Assistance, Deborah Escobedo of Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy, and Bernardo Garcia-Pandavenes, Chairman of the Oakland Voter Registration and Citizenship Project. Jose Padilla talks about the Republican regulations limit services to poor people, including restrictions on the pursuit of voting and civil rights cases. Deborah Escobedo talks about the reactionary political movements against bilingual education and undocumented children. Garcia-Pandeves focuses on the impact that Latino voters could have on the election.
John Gamboa John Gamboa
Date: 3/30/1992Call Number: CV 223AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
The Executive Director of the Latino Issues Forum speaks about voting power and consumer power in the Latino community. Also about economic and political inequalities that misrepresent Latinos as non-voting, powerless, or disinterested in their political lives.
Judith Ortiz Cofer on being a Latina Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer on being a Latina Writer
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 144BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Self-described “angry storyteller” discusses the politics of place, the dichotomy she feels being a Puerto Rican living in the US, and the influence of matriarchal heritage in her writing and other Latinas' work. Reads excerpts from several essays including “I Find Myself a Latina Writer,” focusing on the importance of her grandmother in her artistic and political life.
NACLA Report On The Americas NACLA Report On The Americas
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 26-2 SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Roots Of Empowerment: Latino Politics And Cultures In The United States. Plus Free Trade: The Politics of Toxic Waster; Venezuela: The Treasure of Estado Bolivar; Ecuador: An Unquiet Disappearance.