Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
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.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic, specifcally AND/+, NOT/-, and OR operators. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.
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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.

Crusade For Justice

The Crusade for Justice was part of the Chican@/Xican@ rights movement developing in Denver, CO during the 1960s.  The Crusade for Justice was composed primarily of youth community members and Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez was the Crusade's most public leader and founder.  The organization was formed initially in response to police brutality targeting the Chican@ community and extended to other forms of community organizing and liberation struggle including the development of community centers and institutions. These included a nursery, gymnasium, Mayan ballroom, Chicano art gallery, Mexican shops, library, community dining room and community center, job skill bank, legal aid service, Barrio Police Review Board, health and housing social workers, athletic leagues, a barrio newspaper [El Gallo], a bail bond service, a kitchen and a “Revolutionary Theatre.” The Crusade also maintained a school of art and culture, known as La Escuela Tlatelolco that offered liberation classes and encouraged young Chicanos and Chicanas to learn about their history, to embrace their culture, and to creatively express their pride in being Chicano and Chicana. 



Documents

Chicanos Response to Media Lies Chicanos Response to Media Lies
Publisher: El Comite Para La Defensa de Gonzales, Ramirez, Vasquez Y Vigil / Crusade for JusticeCall Number: Format: Press ReleaseCollection: Crusade For Justice
Press Release exposing media lies and fabrications around the March 17th police attack against the Crusade for Justice and the murder of Luis "Junior" Martinez.