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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.
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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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Speech Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Speech
Date: 4/5/1968Call Number: KP 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.,’s last speech was given in Memphis, Tennessee. He starts by saying, “Something is happening in Memphis, something is happening in the world!” He goes on to explain how lucky he is that God allowed him to be in the world in the 1960’s, and how he with God’s grace will rally the people and bring justice to Negroes in America. He is not afraid for the people will get to the promised land and his eyes have “Seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!”
Paul Robeson Show: Peace Arch Park Paul Robeson Show: Peace Arch Park
Date: 9/24/1983Call Number: PR 019Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Excerpts from 1952 & 1953 Robeson concerts at Peach Arch Park on the US-Canada border in defiance of US government’s denial of his right to travel. Includes introduction by Harvey Murphy, president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, Vancouver, British Columbia. Robeson speaks about his passport struggle and freedom of speech, international solidarity & friendship. Robeson sings. Also on CD 244, Track 2
Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: PR 035Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Readings of stories about Paul Robeson, by Shirley Graham Du Bois and others, read by Ena Hernandez. Includes excerpts from Robeson speaking at a rent party at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, in New York. Unedited tape; some parts repeated on PR036. (begins in mid sentence) Same as CD271, Track 1.
Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: PR 036Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Readings of stories about Paul Robeson, by Shirley Graham Du Bois and others, read by Ena Hernandez. Includes excerpts from Robeson speaking at a rent party at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, in New York. Unedited tape; some parts repeated on PR035. (Starts in mid sentence) Same as CD271, Track 2.
Paul Robeson: Peace Arch & Wales Paul Robeson: Peace Arch & Wales
Call Number: PR 073Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Concert at Peace Arch Park, May 18, 1952; Concert to Welsh miners by cable 1957 Same as CD 338, Track 1, 4-7
Ramsey Clark: The Situation in North Vietnam Ramsey Clark: The Situation in North Vietnam
Date: 8/14/1972Call Number: KP 221Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Vietnam
Press conference given by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark upon his return from a trip to North Vietnam in 1972. Clark meets with the Prime Minister and many other officials and describes his tour of the war ravaged country. Clark states that the U.S. government is keeping this information from the public, and urges for a peaceful resolution.
Nothing is More Precious Than: Vietnam Special Nothing is More Precious Than: Vietnam Special
Date: 1/26/1974Call Number: NI 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Special program marking the 1st anniversary the Paris Peace Accords, with interviews with recent visitors to Vietnam.
Clovis Maksoud Clovis Maksoud
Date: 11/13/1972Call Number: CE 322Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Former Associate Editor of Al Akhram and former Arab League Ambassador to India on Egyptian inaction in the face of Israeli occupation in the Sinai Peninsula, why Egypt expelled the advisors from the USSR and Egypt's attempts at reconciliation. King Hussein of Jordan and his collaboration with Israel in search of a "separate peace" - his persecution of Palestinian liberation organizations, trade unions, and progressive groups. On Egypt's move to the right internally and in its political relationships with Libya and Sudan.
Clovis Maksoud - News Items Clovis Maksoud - News Items
Date: 11/13/1972Call Number: CE 323Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Former Associate Editor of Al Akhram and former Arab League Ambassador to India on Egyptian inaction in the face of Israeli occupation in the Sinai Peninsula, why Egypt expelled the advisors from the USSR and Egypt's attempts at reconciliation. King Hussein of Jordan and his collaboration with Israel in search of a "separate peace" - his persecution of Palestinian liberation organizations, trade unions, and progressive groups. On Egypt's move to the right internally and in its political relationships with Libya and Sudan.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 1/25/1975Call Number: NI 055Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Show dedicated to the anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements. Connecting it to the struggles of Vietnam, Amilcar Cabral, and his success in helping Guinea Bissau gain its sovereignty. Show closes off with updates on Latin America focusing on Cuba and Puerto Rico.