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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.
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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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KPFA Memorial for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) KPFA Memorial for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Date: 5/25/1974Call Number: KP 258Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProgram: KPFACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Interview from the community, overview of shoot out in LA. Sound clips from rally on May 23, 1974 in San Francisco
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique from Kabrela 5/25/1974 Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique from Kabrela 5/25/1974
Date: 5/24/1974Call Number: KP 259Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: SLACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Kabrela speaks to the expansion of combat unit operations after the raid of a Los Angeles home that left 6 SLA dead.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique 6/7/1974 Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique 6/7/1974
Date: 6/7/1974Call Number: KP 260Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
SLA response to ambush in Los Angeles when Fahizah (Nancy Ling Perry), General Gelina (Angela Atwood), Cujo (Willie Wolfe), Cinque (Donald DeFreeze), Zoya (Patricia Soltysik), Gabi (Camilla Hall) died. Voices of Tania, Teko, and Yolanda.
KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 6/17/1974 KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 6/17/1974
Date: 6/17/1974Call Number: KP 263Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
KPFA tribute show to SLA featuring an audio collage of community members responding to the police attack on the SLA by the police on 5/17/74.
KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 5/25/1974 KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 5/25/1974
Date: 5/25/1974Call Number: KP 262Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Comrades, family and friends pay tribute to the fallen members of the SLA.
KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 6/17/1974 KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 6/17/1974
Date: 6/17/1974Call Number: KP 264Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
KPFA tribute show to SLA featuring an audio collage of community members responding to the police attack on the SLA which left 6 members dead.
Rally in San Francisco for fallen members of Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Rally in San Francisco for fallen members of Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Date: 5/23/1974Call Number: KP 267Format: CassetteCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Rally held in San Francisco commemorating SLA members killed in shootout with police in Los Angeles on May 17, 1974.
KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Date: 5/25/1974Call Number: KP 268Format: CassetteCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
KPFA tribute show to SLA featuring an audio collage of community members responding to the police attack on the SLA which left 6 members dead.
Communique from the United People's Liberation Army (Transcript) Communique from the United People's Liberation Army (Transcript)
Authors: Chunga Abdul Asad and ChakaFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This communique indicates that the Symbionese Liberation Army has joined with the Guerrilla Organizations to create the United People's Liberation Army in response to the killing of the six SLA members. Also, it commemorates those six slain SLA members and also honors Patricia Hearst.
The Dragnet Spreads for Patty The Dragnet Spreads for Patty
Publisher: NewsweekDate: 6/3/1974Volume Number: 3-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article by Newsweek is an overview of the aftermath of the SLA shootout in Los Angeles.