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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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Capital Punishment: Watt Espy of The Capital Punishment Research Project Capital Punishment: Watt Espy of The Capital Punishment Research Project
Call Number: JG/ 055Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A discussion with Watt Espy of The Capital Punishment Research Project. Covering a history of execution in the state of California. Juvenile executions, statistics, etc.
Students for a Democratic Society & SNCC: Currents & Cross Currents Students for a Democratic Society & SNCC: Currents & Cross Currents
Date: 3/7/1969Call Number: KP 002Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Bernardine Dohrn discusses SDS’s organizational struggle with class, how they plan to move out of “ruling class schools” and insure that racism and imperialism are not abstract terms. Phil Hutchins discusses broadening the base of SNCC, particularly in the South and government repression.
First communiqué of the Weather Underground, Declaration of War First communiqué of the Weather Underground, Declaration of War
Date: 5/1/1970Call Number: KP 003Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Delivered by Bernardine Dohrn, this is the first public communiqué since the group went underground. The announcement touches upon the following topics: The lines are drawn and revolutionary violence is the only way. Weather is officially underground. A call to youth culture “guns and grass united in the revolution”. And a declaration of solidarity with the Black Liberation struggle.
An Interview with Mark Rudd of Students for a Democratic Society An Interview with Mark Rudd of Students for a Democratic Society
Date: 6/20/1968Call Number: KP 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Canadian Broadcasting CommitteeCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Rudd explores the victories and failures of the demonstration against Columbia constructing a gym in Morningside Park. The reaction of the administration and the next steps for students organizing against racism and imperialism.
Fifth Communique from the Weather Underground Fifth Communique from the Weather Underground
Call Number: KP 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Weather Underground Organization
This is the fifth public communication from the Weathermen since going underground. They call for a youth culture of total resistance, and immediate national action if Nixon bombs N. Vietnam, invades Cuba or intervenes in the Middle East. The Fall Offensive was to be a week of youth fighting pigs around the country. Same as CD 397
Students for a Democratic Society in 1969 and the American Scene Students for a Democratic Society in 1969 and the American Scene
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: KP 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: KPFA Public AffairsCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Dohrn and Klonsky discuss the inception, numbers, politics and repression of Students for a Democratic Society in 1969.
Juventud:  Latino Youth Juventud: Latino Youth
Date: 4/28/1973Call Number: RP 066Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez, Bernice Ramirez, Isabel Alegria, Andres Alegria, and Lillian del SolCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez, Bernice Ramirez, Isabel Alegria, Andres Alegria, and Lillian del Sol produce Programming by and about Latino Youth
Children’s Choral Group Singing in Spanish Children’s Choral Group Singing in Spanish
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CAA 057Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Children’s chorus singing in Spanish.
UC Berkeley Sproul Hall Sit-In UC Berkeley Sproul Hall Sit-In
Date: 12/6/1964Call Number: KP 316Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFA Public AffairsCollection: General materials
Series of short recordings of actuality of the famous Free Speech Movement Sproul Hall sit-in at UC Berkeley in 1964. Narration by John Scott Keech.
Child Abuse and Prison Consitions Child Abuse and Prison Consitions
Date: 1/6/1979Call Number: FI 109Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Hearings on treatment of children in institutions, foster children, child abuse prevention. Court case in Texas on horrific prison conditions and treatment, detailed, excellent report including about a multiracial prisoner's strike bloodily repressed and a class action suit by prisoners.