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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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Chris Hani interview Chris Hani interview
Date: 5/29/1994Call Number: KP 046Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: African liberation movements
Chris Hani, South African freedom leader, is interviewed by Barbara Lubinski and Heber Dreher during a solidarity visit he made to the United States, just months before his assassination. Some drums and music. NOTE: an excerpt from this tape is on Roots of Resistance, Volume 1, highlights CD.
South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement
Format: PamphletCollection: South Africa
Historical Background of the Black Consciousness Movement; What is Black Consciousness; Some Principles and Aims of the Black Consciousness Movement; Major Organizations Under the Umbrella of the Black Consciousness Movement
Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1987Volume Number: Issue 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: The Azanian People now know their enemy.
Emergency Demonstration Emergency Demonstration
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down South African Airways, Freedom Rising Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 8/17/1985Volume Number: 17-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for demonstration in San Francisco against South African Airways
A Call to Action A Call to Action
Publisher: Bay Area Free South Africa MovementDate: 3/8/1985Volume Number: 8-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
On International Women's Day, a ceremonial passbook burning and film "You Have Struck A Rock"
Communique #8: Bombing of IBM Offices, N.Y. Communique #8: Bombing of IBM Offices, N.Y.
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 3/19/1984Volume Number: 19-MarFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
UFF takes responsibility for bombing IBM at 3000 Westchester Ave. in a northern suburb of NYC because of IBM's collaboration with South African government
Memorial to a Freedom Fighter, Pokela: Leader of the P.A.C. 1922-1985 Memorial to a Freedom Fighter, Pokela: Leader of the P.A.C. 1922-1985
Publisher: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaDate: 8/4/1985Volume Number: 4-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Memorial ceremony
American Steel Jobs and South Africa American Steel Jobs and South Africa
Authors: Carole Collins, Kevin Danaher, Frank Mont, Melissa Pullins, Jean Sindab, Kenneth ZinnPublisher: United Steelworkers of America and the Washington Office on Africa Educational FundDate: 9/1984Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
"How U.S. support for South Africa affects your community
Azanian Women Fighting Racist South Africa Azanian Women Fighting Racist South Africa
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 8/17/1984Volume Number: 17-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Event to celebrate International Day (August 9th) of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa; speaker Ethel Mogadi, Women's Cooridnator, Europe Pan Africanist Congress of Azania; poetry from Black Pearl t.w.m.p.; African dance by Kusema Vijiti Institute
The Struggle in South Africa Today The Struggle in South Africa Today
Publisher: Southern Africa Freedom Committee--All-Peoples CongressDate: 3/23/1984Volume Number: 23-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Event featuring Monica Moorehead, national coordinator of People's Anti-War Mobilization and delegate to 1980 International Conference on South African Women-Canada; 1984 declared Year of the Women of South Africa and 24th anniversary of Sharpeville Massacre