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

Juanita Nelson on racism Juanita Nelson on racism
Date: 2/23/1991Call Number: SS 001AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Juanita Nelson is a 40-year tax resister and talks about racism, taxes and resistance.
Interview with Billye Avery Interview with Billye Avery
Call Number: SS 002AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Billye Avery about the National Black Women's Health Project in Atlanta, Georgia.
Interview with Bayan Orumbavea and Pauline Estevez Interview with Bayan Orumbavea and Pauline Estevez
Date: 4/2/1992Call Number: SS 009AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Bayan Orumbavea and Pauline Estevez on the effects of nuclear testing on Kazakhstan.
Interview with Sandy Nicholas Interview with Sandy Nicholas
Date: 3/1/1997Call Number: SS 011AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Sandy Nicholas on mass media's body construction.
Interview with Jennifer Harbury Interview with Jennifer Harbury
Call Number: SS 013AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Jennifer Harbury author of "Searching for Everado: A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in Guatemala."
"Torture in California" "Torture in California"
Date: 2/20/1993Call Number: SS 017AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
An info project presentation on the "Torture in California," about the mistreatment of prisoners.
Interview with Ward Churchill Interview with Ward Churchill
Date: 6/14/1995Call Number: SS 018AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Ward Churchill on "Struggle for the Land", his collection of essays on the Native American
Interview with Luis Talamantez, Willie Tate and David Johnson Interview with Luis Talamantez, Willie Tate and David Johnson
Call Number: SS 020AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Kiilu Nyasha interviews Luis Talamantez, Willie Tate and David Johnson, three of the San Quentin 6, about Comrade George Jackson and the prison system. The interviewees talk about the murder of George Jackson, the police cover-up of the murder, the San Francisco courtroom riot, the inhuman conditions in the prisons and the need for prison reforms in the United States.
Interview with Cheryl West Interview with Cheryl West
Date: 4/9/1989Call Number: SS 024AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Cheryl West on his play "Before It Hits Home" and racism.
Critical Resistance: United Nation Investigates U.S. Prison for Women Critical Resistance: United Nation Investigates U.S. Prison for Women
Date: 9/26/1998Call Number: SS 027AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
The UN investigation on women in U.S. prisons.