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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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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Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver - Part 1 Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver - Part 1
Date: 3/14/2004Call Number: CD 171Format: CDProducers: NRPCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver, introduced by Angela Davis. Addressing the subjugated history of the Black Liberation Movement.
Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver - Part 2 Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver - Part 2
Date: 3/14/2004Call Number: CD 172Format: CDProducers: NRPCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver, introduced by Angela Davis. Addressing the subjugated history of the Black Liberation Movement.
Kathleen & Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale and Charles Garry Kathleen & Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale and Charles Garry
Call Number: V 012Format: VHSCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Kathleen & Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale and Charles Garry raw materials from Channel 5.
Black Panthers in Algeria vs. The National Party Organization Black Panthers in Algeria vs. The National Party Organization
Date: 3/5/1971Call Number: KP 034Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Black Panther Party general
Split in the Black Panther Party. Comments from Eldridge Cleaver, Don Cox, Pete O'Neill, Larry Mack, Sekou Odinga, Barbara Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Awiode Odinga, and (by telephone) Huey Newton. Also an anonymous "Man in Black."
On the Contradictions within the Black Panther Party [CD] On the Contradictions within the Black Panther Party [CD]
Date: 3/5/1971Call Number: CD 985Format: CDProducers: Bruce SolowayCollection: Black Panther Party general
On the divisions within the Black Panther Party. Includes recordings from Algiers and a speech given by Huey Newton. Connie Matthews Tabor is the first speaker, Kathleen Cleaver is the 2nd and she is followed by Michael Cetawayo Tabor. A short speech given by Huey Newton in Oakland ends the recording. While the three speakers from Algiers focus on the contradictions in the party, how they understand the split in the party, criticisms of Huey and the leadership, etc. Huey mainly concentrates on revolutionary ideals vs. counter-revolutionary ideals.
Contradictions Within the Black Panthers [CD] Contradictions Within the Black Panthers [CD]
Date: 9/17/1974Call Number: CD 023Format: CDProducers: Bruce SolowayCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971. Recorded in Algiers on videotape, February 28, 1971. Huey Newton calls out Hilliard on the telephone. Kathleen Cleaver speaks of Hilliard as revisionists, or people who are revolutionary in rhetoric but counter-revolutionary in action. Issues of the Central Panther Party, led by revisionists turning their backs on revolutionaries who have been arrested. This is basically a compilation of testimonials of high profile Panther Party members speaking on the contradictions within the party, namely the expulsion of certain members expelled because of their less than favorable public image or agenda. Judy Douglass declared insane by people in the central party. Everyone speaking here is calling for the expulsion of David Hilliard from his position as Chief of Staff for the Black Panther party. Also testimonials for reinstatement of New York Panther 21 and Geronimo.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution [DVD] The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution [DVD]
Date: 2/16/2016Call Number: V 816Format: DVDProducers: Stanley Nelson, Laurens GrantCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
Change was coming to America and the fault lines were no longer ignorable — cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change.
Eldridge Cleaver Matter What Eldridge Cleaver Matter What
Publisher: San Francisco Express TimesDate: 11/27/1968Volume Number: Vol. 1 No 45Format: ArticleCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Article about the activities and political significance of Eldridge Cleaver.
Babylon Vol.1-1 Babylon Vol.1-1
Publisher: Revolutionary Peoples Communications NetworkDate: 11/1971Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
First issue of Babylon, a newspaper published by the Revolutionary Peoples Communications Network. Includes articles on the alleged capture of H. Rap Brown by police after a "gun battle," the problems or heroin addiction and the use of Methadone treatment, Ruchell Magee and the Marin County Courthouse shootout, and the relationship of African Americans to the U.S. military and the war in Vietnam. The centerpiece article is on the struggle of African Americans in Cairo, Illinois against oppression and brutal treatment by the police and other government agencies. Also included are letters from political prisoners, a "Letter To The Lumpen" by Eldridge Cleaver, and various poems.
Eldridge Cleaver Speaks Eldridge Cleaver Speaks
Publisher: The People UnitedDate: 8/1975Volume Number: Number 16Format: PeriodicalCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Interview with Eldridge Cleaver.