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. 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.

Search Results

Assata Shakur Trial Assata Shakur Trial
Date: 4/21/1976Call Number: FI 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom is a constant struggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Summary of COINTELPRO followed by information on Assata Shakur case including interview with one of her attorneys, Lewis Myers, on her mistreatment by judicial system and on FBI attacks, surveillance of all their communications, jail conditions and treatment.
Karen Wald on Cuba 1 Karen Wald on Cuba 1
Date: 8/5/1986Call Number: FI 255Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview with Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba. She discusses how she thinks Cuba has changed, problems, possible plans for invasion of Cuba. In-depth discussion of health care system and her response to charges that Cuba tortures political prisoners, the Armando Valladares case, juvenile delinquency, and prison conditions in general.
Karen Wald on Cuba 2 Karen Wald on Cuba 2
Date: 8/5/1986Call Number: FI 256Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview, before final editing, with Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba. She discusses how she thinks Cuba has changed, problems, possible plans for invasion of Cuba. In-depth discussion of health care system and her response to charges that Cuba tortures political prisoners, the Armando Valladares case, juvenile delinquency, and prison conditions in general.