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

Anti-racist protest in Boston Anti-racist protest in Boston
Call Number: KP 012BFormat: Cass BProducers: Dave LampellCollection: General materials
Dave Lampell’s program gives live coverage from an antiracist protest in Boston. Speakers include Amiri Baraka and Dick Gregory. Amiri Baraka’s speech discusses State violence, imperialism, capitalism, racism and war. Great quotes for vinyl project. Racism in the Boston area is also discussed. Also live coverage from protest taking over streets and police brutality.
African American children living in America African American children living in America
Date: 1/23/1985Call Number: AFR 011Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Radio news broadcast by Elombe Brath on the state of the American economy, inflation, capitalism, and growth. He suggests possible solutions to the economic problems. Another radio news broadcast about the situation of Black children in America. Elombe Brath talks about how African Americans need to protect and educate their children about racism in America.
Nelson Reeny speaking on Global Economics Nelson Reeny speaking on Global Economics
Call Number: KP 119Format: CassetteProducers: KPFACollection: General materials
This recording is from an informal lecture/discussion by Nelson Reeny on the future of global production and capitalism. He talks about the changes that have occurred and what he sees as inevitably coming as a result of globalization and the expansion of capitalism. He talks about the contradiction between wealth and poverty and how this will lead to a state of disaster and finally revolution. Reeny also speaks on the problems with international investing and how we can no longer look at the world from the framework of imperialism because capitalism knows no boundaries and foreign investment takes away the national identity of a product.
Moving Onward: From Racial Division to Class Unity Moving Onward: From Racial Division to Class Unity
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: KP 125Format: CassetteProducers: League of Revolutionaries for a New AmericaCollection: General materials
Nelson Peery and Brooke Heagerty explore the roots of racism and how racism is used as the excuse for economic exploitation. Heagerty and Peery are co-authors of the book "Moving Onward: From Racial Division to Class Unity. (2 cassettes boxed)