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  • Recordings and Other Materials

    Recordings and Other Materials

    The Freedom Archives

    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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.

    Recordings featuring Dick Fine

    Online Archive of California

    Collection contains memorabilia relating to Dr. Fine’s personal life and career achievements in the form of yearbooks, appointment books, correspondence and photographs. News clippings, booklets and articles related to Dr. Fine’s interest and involvement in social and political activism (1968-1972). Articles and documents relating to substance abuse, prison health care reform work and other projects (1973-2009). Photographs depicting career and life and an assortment of saved medical articles. Notable is Richard Fine’s FBI file pertaining to his involvement with the Black Panther Party (1968-1986).

    Fine, Richard H. (Dick) Papers

    ArchivesSpace

    This collection contains materials documenting injuries sustained by people during the 1968-1969 student strike at SFSC. It includes photographs of people injured by the police and treated by the Medical Committee for Human Rights. It also contains newspapers and clippings, and documents from the SFSC Legal Defense Committee.

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    CaliSphere

    Richard “Dick” Fine, M.D, received his M.D. from Cornell University, he completed his internship and residency at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). It was during this time that he became exposed to social and political activism. Under the mentorship of Philip Shapiro, he served as the primary physician for the Black Panther Party. As a member of the Medical Committee of Human Rights (MCHR), he provided medical assistance at Altamont, the 1968 San Francisco State Strike and the Occupation of Alcatraz.

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  • 1968-1969 SF State Strike

    1968-1969 SF State Strike

    Materials in the J. Paul Leonard Library

    During the SF State student-led Strike for Ethnic Studies Dr. Richard Fine led the medical presence on campus from The Medical Committee for Human Rights. Doctors and nurses caring for humans (and animals) was documented in news footage and images, but newspapers frequently cropped the men and women in the white coats.

    Dr. Fine recalled, “Every day at twelve o’clock we would come to San Francisco State for the riot.” Later, during the Occupation of Alcatraz Island held over 18 months, Dr. Fine made weekly trips to bring medical supplies to the island on the “official” ferryboat and remained to treat patients for minor injuries, colds, and pneumonia.

    Online Archive of California

    This collection contains materials documenting injuries sustained by people during the 1968-1969 student strike at SFSC. It includes photographs of people injured by the police and treated by the Medical Committee for Human Rights. It also contains newspapers and clippings, and documents from the SFSC Legal Defense Committee.

  • Third World Liberation Front Strikes of 1968

    Third World Liberation Front Strikes of 1968

    In fall 1968 when violence broke out at San Francisco State University after students went on strike, Fine was in charge of the medical presence on campus. “Every day at twelve o’clock we would come to San Francisco State for the riot,” he recalled.