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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. 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.

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Assata Shakur Assata Shakur
Call Number: PM 042Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Assata Shakur
Barbara Lubinski prison conversation with Assata Shakur and Rita Brown. General discussion of racism, politics, personal growing up stories, etc.
Assata Shakur interview with Barbara Lubinski Assata Shakur interview with Barbara Lubinski
Call Number: PM 043Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Assata Shakur
long insert with Assata speaking about the Cointelpro repression, against the Black Panther Party, student movement. Murders of Black Panther Party members; fomenting feuds, Panther 21
Interview with Assata Shakur and Rita Brown Interview with Assata Shakur and Rita Brown
Call Number: PM 044Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Assata Shakur
Barbara Lubinski talking with Assata and Rita Brown about their cases.
Interview with Assata Shakur Interview with Assata Shakur
Date: 5/26/1997Call Number: PM 051Format: DATProgram: Interview with Assata ShakurCollection: Assata Shakur
Assata talks about US imperialism and Cointelpro She discusses her 1979 escape, going to Cuba in 1984, relationship between political prisoners and the larger prison population, Mumia Abu Jamal, impor tance of studying and becoming conscious, women in prison, exile and the need to build movement for amnesty for all those targeted by Cointelpro. Copy from vhs original.
Assata Shakur Communiqué Assata Shakur Communiqué
Date: 11/1/1980Call Number: PM 053Format: CassetteProgram: Prison MovementCollection: Assata Shakur
Communiqué 11/80 where Assata Shakur speaks of positive strategies of revolutionary struggle against a system that has declared war
“Carry it On” “Carry it On”
Call Number: PM 084AFormat: Cass ACollection: Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur reads her poem, the chorus is “Carry it On”, probably the title. The poem carries the listener through a history of black international resistance.
Assata Shakur Report from Cuba Assata Shakur Report from Cuba
Call Number: PM 085AFormat: Cass AProducers: BETProgram: BET NewsCollection: Assata Shakur
Black Entertainment Television (BET) feature on Assata. Contains good actuality of Assata speaking on her court case, her representation in the media and the need to contextualize her case in the 60’s and the universal black experience. Tape cuts off about 5 minutes into the program.
Interview with Assata Shakur and Rita Bo Brown Interview with Assata Shakur and Rita Bo Brown
Call Number: PM 212Format: CassetteProducers: Barbara LubinskiCollection: Assata Shakur
This tape is a series of interviews between Assata Shakur and Rita Bo Brown. They both met each other in prison. (I believe) in This interview it is Assata that asks Bo to comment on this question: “Is there ways to prevent people (which has happened in the past alot) from getting engaged in armed struggle, by becoming very isolated?”
BET News on Assata Shakur, Interview with Geronimo Pratt BET News on Assata Shakur, Interview with Geronimo Pratt
Date: 11/1/1987Call Number: V 125Format: VHSProducers: BET, Judy GerberCollection: Assata Shakur
This BET news story done in approximately 1987 is based on a longer interview done with her in exile in Havana, Cuba (Part 1 only) 5 minutes. Judy Gerber interviews Geronimo Pratt in prison about his case. 6 minutes.
BET News on Assata Shakur, Interview with Geronimo Pratt BET News on Assata Shakur, Interview with Geronimo Pratt
Date: 11/1/1987Call Number: V 126Format: VHSProducers: BET, Judy GerberCollection: Assata Shakur
This BET news story done in approximately 1987 is based on a longer interview done with her in exile in Havana, Cuba (Part 1 only) 5 minutes. Judy Gerber interviews Geronimo Pratt in prison about his case. 6 minutes. poorer aircheck than V 125