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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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Sansera performs “Jasper Texas” by Marilyn Buck, Sansera performs “Jasper Texas” by Marilyn Buck,
Date: 11/18/2002Call Number: WP 006Format: CDProducers: KPFA Tony PerooCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Sansera, women’s acapella singing group, put Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Jasper, Texas” to music. The poem/song relates the viscious murder of James Byrd and violent racism, to music. Original recording for the Wild Poppies cd.
Carolyn Baxter performs “Thought You Were the One” by Marilyn and her work, “My Block” Carolyn Baxter performs “Thought You Were the One” by Marilyn and her work, “My Block”
Date: 9/15/2003Call Number: WP 007Format: CDProducers: Carolyn BaxterCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carolyn Baxter, composer, musician, actor and former inmate with Marilyn Buck, puts Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Thought You Were the One”, to music and performs her own, “My Block”, as well.
Carlos Quiles reads “El Silencio de Amenecer” and “Vieques en Solidaridad” by Marilyn Buck. Music played by Eugenio Maldonado. Carlos Quiles reads “El Silencio de Amenecer” and “Vieques en Solidaridad” by Marilyn Buck. Music played by Eugenio Maldonado.
Call Number: WP 009Format: CDCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carlos Quiles, Puerto Rican poet and activist, reads two poems in Spanish by Marilyn Buck, “El Silencio de Amanecer” and “Vieques en Solidaridad”. Puerto Rican band, El Viejo Mago, sing two songs in honor of Marilyn Buck. Second track icludes poems read by Carlos Quiles with the sound of rain on the rooftop in the background. Music by Eugenio Maldonado .
Carolyn Baxter performs “Truthful” Carolyn Baxter performs “Truthful”
Date: 7/4/2003Call Number: WP 014Format: CDProducers: Carolyn BaxterCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carolyn Baxter, writer, musician, actor and former prisoner with Marilyn Buck at Alderson Federal Prison sings and plays “Truthful” about the exploitation of young women in the ghetto.
Presente reads poetry with music Presente reads poetry with music
Call Number: WP 015Format: CDCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Presente sings a poem. (Spanish and English)
Samsara reads Jasper TX Samsara reads Jasper TX
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Jamie Ben-Azay, Rebecca Anders and Susan Appe sing a capella rendition of Marilyn Buck\'s piece in memory of James Byrd, Jr., who was killed by 3 white supremacists in on June 7, 1998. Samsara is an a capella trio that fuses numerous styles to create music for the next generation of struggle and resistance.