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 Ramsey Muniz Interview with Ramsey Muniz
Date: 10/3/2003Call Number: V 373Format: VHSProducers: Rolando GarzaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with political prisoner Ramsey Muniz. He explains his political views - his accomplishments as a Raza Unida Party leader. In 1972 and 1975 he ran for governor of Texas. As a leader of the Raza Unida Party he organized for the cultura – building unity for one cause – representing Mexican Americans in the US. He was framed in 1994 with drug charges, because of his political views. He was sentenced to life without parole and he still remains a political prisoner to this day.
Young Media Activists Crew Young Media Activists Crew
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: V 011Format: VHSProducers: SASSYCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A fifteen year old girl tells her story about her involvement with drugs, her use of Marijuana and alcohol, and her involvement in fights at school. Another student discusses experiencing racism and stereotyping in his community. People judged him without even knowing him. Teens disagree with being called troublemakers for dressing “ghetto” and fight against discrimination.
Courageous Women of Colombia Courageous Women of Colombia
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 543Format: VHSProducers: Green Valley Media, Women's International League for Peace, Freedom, Colombia Support NetworkCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Testimony from Colombian women showing that "war on drugs" actually a war against the poor. An international delegation meets with displaced women and women from coca-growing regions, then travels to refugee camps in Northern Colombia to investigate questions raised by Amnesty International about US involvement in human rights abuses.
CEML Conference Workshop #2: The War on Drugs and the Attack on Third World Communities CEML Conference Workshop #2: The War on Drugs and the Attack on Third World Communities
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: V 619Format: VHSProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
CEML Moderator Nancy Kurshan, presenter Professor Robert Starks. Panelists explore the historical roots of the war on drugs in an international context. Funding, technology and policy have all been used by criminal justice system and the war on drugs to expand attacks on Third World communities in a variety of spaces. Q and A follows presentations.
The Panama Deception The Panama Deception
Date: 7/30/1992Call Number: V 662Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This documentary details the case that the 1989 invasion of Panama by the US was motivated not by the need to protect American soldiers, restore democracy or even capture President Manuel Noriega. The film instead posits that the purpose of the conflict was to force Panama to renegotiate the Torrijos–Carter Treaties concerning the Panama Canal and test weapons and strategies for the upcoming Gulf War.