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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.
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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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The Student Movement in China The Student Movement in China
Date: 6/12/1989Call Number: JG/ 126BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Just PeaceCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A Chinese PhD student at Emory University talks about the student movement in China, its misrepresentations in the mainstream press and its struggle against the repression and corruption in China.
Justice. Do It Nike. Justice. Do It Nike.
Date: 5/31/1996Call Number: JG/ 161BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber reads excerpts from an article called “The Globe Trotting Sneaker” to talk about human rights and globalization. Justice. Do It Nike is a group that is fighting against inhumane treatment in Nike sweatshops in Indonesia and countries throughout South East Asia. Nike is not the only target of this campaign, low wages and labor exploitation is a problem associated with many American sports companies who export their jobs to places like Southeast Asia where they are free to ignore human and labor rights.
Nike Sweatshops Recap and Interview about Cuba Nike Sweatshops Recap and Interview about Cuba
Date: 6/7/1996Call Number: JG/ 163Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy recaps a previous episode in which she spoke about sports companies exporting jobs to Southeast Asia and then paying the workers low wages and ignoring fair workplace standards and practices. After a music break she comes back and plays excerpts from a talk from Fernando Ramirez who is from the Cuban Interest Section in D.C. Ramirez is involved with Cuban politics and the Cuban revolution.
Connexions:Asia: Women Arise Connexions:Asia: Women Arise
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1994Volume Number: No. 46Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
A look at Asian women as they take control of their economic, political, and personal lives. It features articles on lesbianism in Asia, literacy, prostitution, politics, and religion.
Primer on Filipino "Comfort Women": Questions and Answers Primer on Filipino "Comfort Women": Questions and Answers
Author: Task Force on Filipina Victims of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan SecretariatYear: 1992Format: PamphletCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Basic description of WWII "comfort women"; outline of demand to Japanese government on behalf of Filipina victims
The War Against Feminism in the Name of the Almighty: Making Sense of Gender and Muslim Fundamentalism The War Against Feminism in the Name of the Almighty: Making Sense of Gender and Muslim Fundamentalism
Author: Janet AfaryPublisher: New Left ReviewYear: 1997Volume Number: July-AugustFormat: ArticleCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Reproduction.