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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.

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Artwork from the International Political Prisoners’ Art show Artwork from the International Political Prisoners’ Art show
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 063Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Slides of Artwork from the International Political Prisoners’ Art show to Save Mumia Abu Jamal Art & writings against the Death Penalty
People and the Land People and the Land
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 120Format: VHSProducers: Tom Hayes, Raid BahhurCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Ahlan w'Sahlan (Our People and Our Lands)is a Palestinian expression of greeting offering everything between earth and sky for the comfort of a guest. It also sums up the dual responsibilities placed on an occupying power by the Geneva Accords; administration of the occupied territory and responsibility for the well-being of the people on it. People and the Land airdrops viewers into the universe of an occupied people, unreeling images of a new form of apartheid based on ethnicity. Challenging U.S. foreign policy and the conventions of the documentary form itself, People and the Land examines the concrete realities of Israel's conduct in the West Bank and Gaza, the level of U.S. support for that conduct through foreign aid, and the human cost of that aid in Palestine and the U.S.
4 Little Girls - The Story of Four Girls Who Paid the Price for a Nation's Ignorance 4 Little Girls - The Story of Four Girls Who Paid the Price for a Nation's Ignorance
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 222Format: DVDProducers: Spike LeeCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives and a nation was simultaneously revolted, angered and galvanized to push the fight for equality and justice on.
Televison News Response to East Bay Serial Rapist of 1997 Televison News Response to East Bay Serial Rapist of 1997
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 260Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Clips of the local news coverage of the East Bay serial-rapist case of 1997 in which 12 women were raped. Clips included come from KTVU, KPIX and KGO San Francisco Bay Area television stations. The clips highlight the grassroots response to the serial rapist, including scenes of the "Fear Is Not the Answer" rally held at Macarthur BART station and local activists pleading for a non-racist response from the public to the rapes. Small blurbs from the mayors of Oakland and Berkeley (Elihu Harris and Shirley Dean, respectively) and Oakland policeman Captain Pete Dunbar are also included.
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.
Haiti: The Theology of Liberation Haiti: The Theology of Liberation
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 559Format: VHSProducers: Tim LindopCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documentary on liberation theology in Haiti.
Maximum Security - Part 1 Maximum Security - Part 1
Date: 12/13/1997Call Number: V 698Format: Mini DVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
New College Performance and program regarding prison conditions 12/13/1997.