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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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US Government Responses to Vietnam War Protests/Che Guevara Interview US Government Responses to Vietnam War Protests/Che Guevara Interview
Call Number: C 10 005Format: Beta SPCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Various footage of late 1960s and 70s, including:murder of John Huggins and Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter; news report and footage of arrests of BPP members in New Orleans; Nixon delivering “thugs and hoodlums” speech; LA District Attorney criticizing militant protestors; Mayher; students reading newspaper on Kent State shootings; Free Bobby Seale and anti-war protest; burning of US flags at protest; Charles Brennan, FBI Internal Security chief, questioned by Frank Church during the Church Committee hearings. In Spanish, a short interview with Che Guevara.
Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party
Call Number: C 10 008Format: Beta SPCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
The arrest of LA 5; Robert Russ Franck, special FBI agent; unknown black activist, probably BPP speech; Jeff Jones and Mark Rudd, of SDS and Weathermen, announce Chicago demonstration later known as “Days of Rage”; Reverend Jesse Jackson; Jonathan Lerner, SDS, heckled while speaking on US imperialism; raw footage of Fred Hampton distancing BPP from SDS and Weathermen; Judy Gumbo of WITCH, WUO was responsible for bombing of US Capitol; NYPD press conference on murder of patrolmen Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie, citing as suspects Ronald Anderson and Andrew Jackson, alleged members of Black Liberation Army; arrest of Timothy Leary; unknown BPP members and David Gilbert of SDS/WUO speak at Columbia University Bernardine Dohrn, of SDS/WUO, speech at Columbia (not audible); SDS rally, Mark Rudd and others speak (not audible); Mark Rudd speaks to reporters
WUO/Celebrities Against Vietnam War WUO/Celebrities Against Vietnam War
Call Number: C 10 011Format: Beta SPCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Interview with founder of Save the River - speaks about CANT; footage of destruction after WUO bombing of US Capitol; news report on Kathy Boudin and Judith Clark, WUO members turning themselves in; Jane Fonda supporting anti-Vietnam war movement; interview with Bob Dylan about impact of his music (cut off); President Reagan and Nancy Reagan with children in front of White House; aerial view of protest against hunger and homelessness.
All Power to the People - Part 1 All Power to the People - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: C 10 049Format: Beta SPProducers: Lee Lew LeeCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Opening with a montage of 400 years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the 1960s civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American and women's power movements which followed
All Power to the People - Part 2 All Power to the People - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: C 10 050Format: Beta SPProducers: Lee Lew LeeCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60's civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American and women's power movements which followed
La Raza de Colorado: El Movimiento La Raza de Colorado: El Movimiento
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: C 10 051Format: Beta SPProducers: Rocky Mt PBS - Lisa OlkenCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Examines the Colorado Chicano Movement during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. Riveting firsthand accounts speak to the significant social issues of our time: identity, racial conflict, civil rights, and cultural pride.