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
![Action Women of Beirut](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 001Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Action Women of BeirutCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews with North American women active in pro-Palestinian information organizations in Beirut, Lebanon. Conducted two years after June 1967 war. Eyewitness accounts of Jerusalem in 1967, Israeli army home looting, car theft, destruction of villages, mass assassinations, and reports from Israeli socialist organization on assassinations, mass graves, bodies floating in the Jordan River as a result of Israeli army repression. Mentions formation of “Americans for Justice in the Middle East,” which publishes a newsletter on Palestinian resistance and conditions in occupied territories to counter Zionist propaganda, an allied Arab Women’s organization the 5th of June Society, Institute for Palestine Studies, and Palestine Research Center (associated with PLO).
![The Mad Mitfords: A Family Portrait - Parts 1 & 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 027Format: CassetteProducers: Colin Edwards for CBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Conversation with Jessica Mitford about her eccentric family, which she portrayed in her recent book
"Daughters and Rebels." Describes her ideological clashes with her
sisters Unity, a friend and devotee of Adolph Hitler, and Diana, now the wife of the British Fascist leader. Sir Oswold Mosely, and describes her father and mother, Lord and Lady Redesdale.
![The Mad Mitfords: A Family Portrait - Part 3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 028Format: CassetteProducers: Colin Edwards for CBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Conversation with Jessica Mitford about her eccentric family, which she portrayed in her recent book
"Daughters and Rebels." Describes her ideological clashes with her
sisters Unity, a friend and devotee of Adolph Hitler, and Diana, now the wife of the British Fascist leader. Sir Oswald Mosely, and describes her father and mother, Lord and Lady Redesdale.
![Black Teachers in the South - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 088Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Black Teachers in the SouthCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with Gloria Bishop, Blanche Craig, and Julia Ruff, teachers at Freedom Schools in the South during the early civil rights movement.
![Black Teachers in the South - Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 089Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Black Teachers in the SouthCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with Gloria Bishop, Blanche Craig, and Julia Ruff, teachers at Freedom Schools in the South during the early civil rights movement.
![Black Teachers in the South - Part 3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 090Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Black Teachers in the SouthCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with Gloria Bishop, Blanche Craig, and Julia Ruff, teachers at Freedom Schools in the South during the early civil rights movement.
![Black Actresses - Kelly Marie Berry, Marguerite Ray, Henrietta Harris - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 141Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview about discrimination in theater and the challenges of finding acting roles for Black women. Also the roles Black women usually play are insignificant and/or stereotyped (mamie, maids, prostitutes) and successful integrated theater.
![Black Actresses - Kelly Marie Berry, Marguerite Ray, Henrietta Harris - Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 142Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
On integrated theater, about the importance of having Black actors and actresses as role models on television, and the Black women's roles being tokenized.
![Action Women of Beirut - Short Version](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 287Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Action Women of BeirutCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Two years after June 1967 war. North American women active in pro-Palestinian organizations in Beirut, Lebanon. Eyewitness accounts of Jerusalem in 1967 - Israeli army home looting, car theft, destruction of villages, mass assassinations. Reports from Israeli socialist organization on assassinations, mass graves, bodies floating in the Jordan River as a result of Israeli army repression. Mentions formation of “Americans for Justice in the Middle East,” which publishes a newsletter on Palestinian resistance and conditions in occupied territories. Allied Arab Women’s organization - the 5th of June Society, Institute for Palestine Studies, and Palestine Research Center (associated with PLO). Also features a short interview with Leila Khaled.
![Lebanese Montessori Teacher](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 298Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A woman teacher discusses schools in Lebanon, languages taught, and different types of curricula like the Montessori method. Also about difficulties for women with professional careers in Lebanon.