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

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.
Interview with Michael Washington Interview with Michael Washington
Call Number: SS 024BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Michael Washington on the History of Racism in US.
Association of Caribbean States (ACS) speeches Association of Caribbean States (ACS) speeches
Date: 8/15/1995Call Number: SS 025Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Opening ACS speeches includes Castro, recorded in Trinidad.
Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso
Date: 7/16/1999Call Number: SS 026Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso.
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.
Critical Resistance Conference: Conversations with Women in SF Jail Critical Resistance Conference: Conversations with Women in SF Jail
Date: 9/27/1998Call Number: SS 027BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Conversations with women in San Francisco jail with conference onvideo shown during Critical Resistance Conference.
Prop 187 Prop 187
Date: 2/10/1995Call Number: SS 028Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
KPFA show about Prop 187 and the impacts on the Latinos in California.
Interview with Calu Lester Interview with Calu Lester
Date: 6/4/1995Call Number: SS 029Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Calu Lester on the history of interracialism.
Interview with Dr. Juan Almendares Interview with Dr. Juan Almendares
Date: 11/12/1992Call Number: SS 030AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dr. Juan Almendares on the social justice issues in Honduras.
Interview with Ramsey Clark Interview with Ramsey Clark
Date: 11/13/1992Call Number: SS 030BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Ramsey Clark on his book, "The Fire This Time."