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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

500 Years-Columbus

This collection contains materials related to the 500 year anniversary of Columbus' "discovery" of America. It includes educational resources and critiques of celebrating the legacy of Columbus.

Documents

Commemorating 500 Years of Indigenous resistance Commemorating 500 Years of Indigenous resistance
Publisher: International Indian Treaty CouncilYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: 500 Years-Columbus
Pamphlet on Oct 5 - 12 ITC alternatives to Columbus Day celebration
Rethinking Columbus Rethinking Columbus
Publisher: Rethinking Schools, Ltd.Year: 1991Volume Number: First EditionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: 500 Years-Columbus
Special Issue of Rethinking Schools, Teaching About the 500th Anniversary of Columbus's Arrival in America
The World of 1492 The World of 1492
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.Format: MonographCollection: 500 Years-Columbus
Supplement re: Quincentenary of Columbus-1492
Crossroads Crossroads
Year: 1990Volume Number: No. 3, OctoberFormat: ArticleCollection: 500 Years-Columbus
Christopher Columbus & 'The Stink Hiding the Sun'-Interview with Creek Indian Poet Joy Harjo by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Cultural Reconciliation Project Resources and Information Cultural Reconciliation Project Resources and Information
Author: BashiraPublisher: Austin Women's Peace HouseFormat: MonographCollection: 500 Years-Columbus
Listing of Magazines, Papers, Bibliographies, Resource Packets, Article and Position Statement by 1992 Coalition of Reconcilition with Indegenous Peoples re: Columbus Quincentenary
A Beginning Reading List on the 500 Years A Beginning Reading List on the 500 Years
Format: MonographCollection: 500 Years-Columbus
Bibliographical Listing: 1-Memory of Fire: Trilogy by Eduardo Galeano; 2-Occupied America, A History of Chicanos by Rodolfo Acuna; 3-Viva La Raza, The Struggle of the Mexican American People by Elizabeth Martinez and Enriqueta Vasquez; 4-Newsletter of International Indian Treaty Council; 5-Indigenous Thought Newspaper; 6-RE-1492/1992-VIEW Newsletter; 7-Articles: Rethinking Schools Magazine