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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

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Maria Elena Gaitan: Gender Relations in La Raza Unida Maria Elena Gaitan: Gender Relations in La Raza Unida
Year: 1972Call Number: Format: mp3Collection: Chican@/Xican@ - General Resources
Maria Elena Gaitan of La Raza Unida talks about changes that need to be made in interpersonal gender relations before Raza Unida can move forward as an inclusive movement.
Gender Inclusivity in La Raza Unida Gender Inclusivity in La Raza Unida
Date: 9/3/1972Call Number: Format: mp3Collection: Chican@/Xican@ - General Resources
Maria Elena Gaitan of La Raza Unida speaks on the need to create a movement that includes women's issues and addresses the issue of gender dynamics within the party.
The leadership of women in La Raza Unida [mp3] The leadership of women in La Raza Unida [mp3]
Format: mp3Collection: Chican@/Xican@ - General Resources
Evelina Alarcon speaks about how women have been taking more substantial leadership roles to combat sexism while simultaneously making La Raza Unida stronger. Taken from CD 826.
Machismo in La Raza Machismo in La Raza
Format: mp3Collection: Chican@/Xican@ - General Resources
Evelina Alarcon speaks about how machismo functions in La Raza and how society perpetuates machismo. Taken from CD 826.
Maria Elena Gaitan: Labor and Undocumented Immigrants Maria Elena Gaitan: Labor and Undocumented Immigrants
Date: 9/3/1972Call Number: Format: mp3Collection: Chican@/Xican@ - General Resources
Maria Elena Gaitan of La Raza Unida addresses the myth of undocumented people coming to the United States and hoarding money to be sent back home.
Ramsey Muniz on Cesar Chavez Ramsey Muniz on Cesar Chavez
Format: mp3Collection: Chican@/Xican@ - General Resources
Ramsey Muniz, the first Chicano Candidate for governor in the state of Texas, gives his opinion on Cesar Chavez s connection to Democratic party. As a nominee for La Raza Unida, Muniz describes his party s relationship with the United Farm Workers, and how he feels about Cesar Chavez s political strategies and affiliations. Clip is in Spanish. Taken from CD 827.
Seize the Time: Malcolm X Seize the Time: Malcolm X
Publisher: Seize The TimeDate: 4/10/1974Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Seize The Time
Inside this Issue: To My People by Assata Shakur; Report from the National Conference of La Raza Unida; The Native American National Liberation Struggle; Editorial: Purpuse of the Paper; The Hearst Family: Land Robbers, Slaveholders and Nazis; BLA Welcomes the SLA to the Struggle; Goals of the SLA; Message from the Weather Underground; On Self-Defense; Oil; more.
Transcript of Ricardo Romero, San Francisco Transcript of Ricardo Romero, San Francisco
Author: Ricardo RomeroDate: 5/22/1982Volume Number: 22-MayFormat: TranscriptCollection: MLN-M
Transcript of a speech by Ricardo Romero about the repression of Chicano and Mexicano people in the U.S.
Ramsey Muniz on Democratic and Republican Parties Ramsey Muniz on Democratic and Republican Parties
Format: mp3Collection: Chican@/Xican@ - General Resources
Ramsey Muniz, the first Chicano Candidate for governor in the state of Texas, gives his insight as to how he views both the Democratic and Republican parties as one animal with two heads. He also gives examples of how previous Mexican American Democratic leaders controlled Latino supporters. Clip is in Spanish. Taken from CD 827.
Priscilla Falcon COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage Priscilla Falcon COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: COI 10 134Format: Video ClipCollection: Cointelpro
Priscilla Falcon is a Chicana activist and professor of Hispanic studies at the University of Northern Colorado. She is the widow of Chicano activist Ricardo Falcon, who was killed in a racially motivated altercation with a gas station attendant in Oro Grande, N.M. in 1972 en route to the La Raza Unida convention in El Paso. She is a lifelong activist for Chican@ and Mexican@ rights.