Freedom Archives

Prisoners and Politics: from the San Quentin Six to Pelican Bay

Greetings, Last Wednesday we co-sponsored Prisoners and Politics: from the San Quentin Six to Pelican Bay with Shaping San Francisco. 518 Valencia was standing room only with the space… Details

The Movement Newspaper

Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives..., Liberation Struggles, Prison and Political Prisoners

Hello everyone, My name is Chris and over the past month I’ve been working as an intern at the Freedom Archives. I’m excited to announce its collection of the Movement Newspaper… Details

The Quarterly Journal of Revolutionary Afroamerica

From the Archives..., Liberation Struggles

Greetings, Since our last post we’ve been hard at work and we’re excited to announce the completion of nine fully digitized Soulbooks! Soulbook was a periodical beginning… Details

Another Year of COINTELPRO

COINTELPRO, Freedom Archives Productions, From the Archives...

Greetings, March 8th marks the 44th anniversary of the Media, Pennsylvania break-in that helped expose COINTELPRO to the world. The story received even more attention last year when… Details

Puerto Rican Independentistas Speak

COINTELPRO, Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives..., Important Figures, Liberation Struggles, Prison and Political Prisoners

Happy New Years, My name is Erin Hutchinson and I am a sophomore at Mount Holyoke College. I am majoring in History with a focus on the United States. The past two weeks I’ve been… Details

Preservation of the Past: George Jackson at San Quentin

From the Archives..., Liberation Struggles

One of the many things the Freedom Archives did in 2014 is we transferred George Jackson/San Quentin to digital video from a 16mm film “work print” made in 1971–1972. This extraordinary… Details

Freedom Archives on KPFA

Freedom Archives Events and Trips, Liberation Struggles, Prison and Political Prisoners

Greetings, Yesterday, the Freedom Archives was featured on KPFA’s The Sunday Show guest hosted by Julieta Kusnir. I was joined by Noelle Hanrahan from Prison Radio and Linda… Details

Anniversary and Anarchy

Freedom Archives Events and Trips, From the Archives..., Prison and Political Prisoners

My name is Katie Hanks and I am currently an intern here at the Archives. My most recent task has been diligently working on the Black Flag collection. With our upcoming 15th anniversary… Details

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