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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.
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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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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Radio Free Dixie (8-20-1965) Radio Free Dixie (8-20-1965)
Date: 8/20/1965Call Number: RFW 006Format: CDProgram: Radio Free DixieCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Show on the Los Angeles Watts rebellion. Chou En Lai support for African Americans, read by Mabel Williams, Connects US Black struggle to other international struggles (Vietnam, Congo, Dominican Republic), RFW on LA Watts Rebellion on “the beginning of a ferocious and devastating firestorm”-- "the only justice we get is the justice we take"--"we will have justice or we will light a fire to the US," "organize & arm,--"[The US] cannot fight imperialist wars throughout the world and put down a colonial war at home simultaneously." Song by Nina Simone--"The Black Freighter". “Pirate Jenny.” Crusader editorial on LA Rebellion read by Mabel Williams. Other musicians featured: Ahmed Abdul, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Oct 26, 1968] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Oct 26, 1968]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 10/26/1968Volume Number: Vol. 2-10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Pig Power Structure Uptight: Revolutionary Students Confront Pigs Around the World
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 4, 1969] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 4, 1969]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 1/4/1969Volume Number: Vol. 2-19 January 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: 1969- Year of the Panther
Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 1 [DVD] Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 1 [DVD]
Date: 7/23/2011Call Number: V 912Format: DVDCollection: Geronimo Ji-Jaga (Pratt)
Memorial to mark the passing of Geronimo ji Jaga in Agape Church, Los Angeles.
RF Williams at Great hall of the People RF Williams at Great hall of the People
Date: 8/8/1966Call Number: RFW 019Format: CDCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! RFW speech at Great Hall of the People on third anniversary of Mao's statement: “Black power means that Black men want to have some control over their own lives. To have a respected voice in public affairs that affect them.” “Black power is a dissident force challenging the racist white power structure that is so heinously exterminating the people of Vietnam and threatening the world with nuclear destruction.” Also covers: Other US liberation struggles (American Indian, Puerto Rican); International Solidarity Critique of LBJ, RFK. “Black nationalism is a survival reaction to white nationalism” opposition to Vietnam War and rejecting the Black role in fighting it. US as fascist nation.
Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 2 Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 2
Date: 7/23/2011Call Number: CD 765Format: DVDCollection: Geronimo Ji-Jaga (Pratt)
Memorial to mark the passing of Geronimo ji Jaga in Agape Church, Los Angeles.
Radio Free Dixie Radio Free Dixie
Call Number: RFW 010Format: CDProgram: Radio Free DixieCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Vietnam speech on Radio Free Dixie refers to March on Washington, Vietnam Day Committee with emphasis on Black struggle. There is a statement from South Vietnamese National Liberation Front (NLF), Ending "With all our hearts we are.."
Radio Free Dixie Radio Free Dixie
Date: 11/29/1964Call Number: RFW 011Format: CDProgram: Radio Free DixieCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Refers to Mao as “architect of people’s warfare” Cuban intro, women's voice, drums, upbeat - Dixieland style jazz. The blues song "I Don't Want to Have a War" then Cuban intro to the conference. Vietnam conference in Hanoi November 25-29, 1964, Anna Louise Strong speech but problematic quality. "All over the world today rises the cry Yankee Go Home!" or "Division in the world is between the oppressed and the oppressor" or "US imperialists get out of Vietnam." Her closing refers to strikes in Seattle in solidarity with Russian Revolution that she was part of.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service and Basta Ya! [Aug 16, 1969] The Black Panther Black Community News Service and Basta Ya! [Aug 16, 1969]
Publisher: Black Panther PartyDate: 8/16/1969Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. 3-17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Contents include: Open Letter from Eldridge Cleaver to Stokely Carmichael; Hunter's Point Youth Shot by TAC Squad; Huey's Appeal; On the Needs of the People; the NLF in Vietnam; Charles Bursey- Another Political Prisoner; Liberation Schools; Chicago Panther Office Vamped on by Fascist Pigs; news from various local chapters. Last 8 pages of the paper is Basta Ya! from August 16th, 1969. Cover Story: Libertad Para Los Siete Frente Unido Contrael Facismo. Bi-lingual. Articles include focus on Los Siete de la Raza, La Raza and the melting pot; Young Lords serve the people; The Media is the Pig; Organize Chicanas.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Feb 13, 1971] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Feb 13, 1971]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 2/13/1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Enemies of the People