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

Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 1/18/1975Call Number: NI 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Sections with actuality on: San Quentin Six, Ruchell Magee, Bob Hood verdict, American Indian movement. Stories on Joanne Little, Attica trials, and closing section on martin Luther King, Vietnam, Jesse Jackson.
Montgomery Bus Boycott Montgomery Bus Boycott
Call Number: FI 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Includes Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks.
Selma Support Rally - San Francisco Selma Support Rally - San Francisco
Date: 3/10/1965Call Number: CE 065Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
St Patrick's Day rally at the Federal Building to "Stop the Bloodbath" in Selma. This period saw numerous rallies in solidarity with marches in Alabama as well as demonstrations sending people to participate.
King Reports - April 1968 King Reports - April 1968
Date: 4/5/1968Call Number: CE 066Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
1 - Marlon Brando speaks about America's racial crisis, racism and discrimination and why people have a right to self-defense. 2 - Colin commentary on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr utilizing portions of King's visit to Santa Rita Jail in January 14, 1968 where he supported Joan Baez and draft resisters. 3 - Bay Area Black communities respond to the assassination of Martin Luther King. Colin describes demonstrators in Oakland, San Francisco & Berkeley in the streets and attacks on businesses - also white supremacists driving through the Black community in celebration of the murder. Culminates in a SF City Hall demonstration of over 5000 people including speech of Carlton Goodlett of the Sun Reporter, a recently returned Black Vietnam vet and a high school student.
White Integrationists - Part 1 White Integrationists - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1966Call Number: CE 099Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: White IntegrationistsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of white people's involvement in the civil rights movement - mainly in the south - with recollections from numerous white activists. Includes sit-in and protest actualities, references to Freedom Summer, SNCC, Council of Federated Organizations, and Freedom Schools. Students comment on events of brutality by southern whites including attacks, threats, bombings, and murders of activists.
White Integrationists - Part 2 White Integrationists - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1966Call Number: CE 100Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: White IntegrationistsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of white people's involvement in the civil rights movement - mainly in the south - with recollections from numerous white activists. Includes sit-in and protest actualities, references to Freedom Summer, SNCC, Council of Federated Organizations, and Freedom Schools. Students comment on events of brutality by southern whites including attacks, threats, bombings, and murders of activists.
White Integrationists - Part 3 White Integrationists - Part 3
Date: 1/1/1966Call Number: CE 101Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: White IntegrationistsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of white people's involvement in the civil rights movement - mainly in the south - with recollections from numerous white activists. Includes sit-in and protest actualities, references to Freedom Summer, SNCC, Council of Federated Organizations, and Freedom Schools. Students comment on events of brutality by southern whites including attacks, threats, bombings, and murders of activists.
White Integrationists - Part 4 White Integrationists - Part 4
Date: 1/1/1966Call Number: CE 102Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: White IntegrationistsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of white people's involvement in the civil rights movement - mainly in the south - with recollections from numerous white activists. Includes sit-in and protest actualities, references to Freedom Summer, SNCC, Council of Federated Organizations, and Freedom Schools. Students comment on events of brutality by southern whites including attacks, threats, bombings, and murders of activists.
White Integrationists - Out-takes - Part 1 White Integrationists - Out-takes - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1966Call Number: CE 103Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: White IntegrationistsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of white people's involvement in the civil rights movement - mainly in the south - with recollections from numerous white activists. Includes sit-in and protest actualities, references to Freedom Summer, SNCC, Council of Federated Organizations, and Freedom Schools. Students comment on events of brutality by southern whites including attacks, threats, bombings, and murders of activists.
White Integrationists - Out-takes - Part 2 White Integrationists - Out-takes - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1966Call Number: CE 104Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: White IntegrationistsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of white people's involvement in the civil rights movement - mainly in the south - with recollections from numerous white activists. Includes sit-in and protest actualities, references to Freedom Summer, SNCC, Council of Federated Organizations, and Freedom Schools. Students comment on events of brutality by southern whites including attacks, threats, bombings, and murders of activists.