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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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Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, talk & discussion (with Ira Schor) Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, talk & discussion (with Ira Schor)
Date: 4/14/1988Call Number: CD 016Format: CDProducers: NY Marxist SchoolCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paulo Freire talks at the NY Marxist School with Ira Schor on Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Stephen Biko 1977 Stephen Biko 1977
Call Number: CD 276Format: CDProducers: WBAI - Celeste WessonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Stephen Biko, who died in police custody on September 12, 1977, talks about the Black Consciousness Movement and its development, and the future of South Africa.
Corky Gonzales Speeches Corky Gonzales Speeches
Call Number: CD 348Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
TRACK 1 3/16/1968 Location unknown (579 - 4 of 14) recorded at 1 7/8 ips, ¼ track mono, 17:38 - quality fair. TRACK 2 11/5/1967 Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica (310 - 2 of 2) recorded at 1 7/8 ips, ¼ track mono, 27:10 - quality poor, tape is highly deteriorated showing signs of print through, emulsion decomposition and shedding. Sound gap is due to major portions that are un-intelligible due to missing or partial emulsion. TRACK 3 6/19/1968 Poor People's March on Washington (CBS Commentary and likely originator) (513 - 1 of 1) recorded at 3 ¾ ips, ¼ track mono, 4:35 - quality good. TRACK 4 10/15/1967 East Los Angeles College Stadium "End the War - End the Draft" (303 - 2 of 3) recorded at 3 ¾ ips, ¼ track mono, 24:16 - quality good.
Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 1 Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 1
Date: 1/16/1985Call Number: CD 652Format: CDProgram: African Activists in AmericaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Michael Warren, chairman of African Activists in America, speaks about Maurice Bishop, and introduces Samouri Marksman. Marksman speaks about struggles of African people around the world; how Europeans control Latin American economies, cultures, and societies, and the struggle for Latin American independence; the struggle to alter the slave relationship with Europeans in the Carribean and Africa; critisizes the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ; and American politics in South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 2 Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 2
Date: 1/16/1985Call Number: CD 653Format: CDProgram: African Activists in AmericaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Michael Warren, chairman of African Activists in America, speaks about Maurice Bishop, and introduces Samouri Marksman. Marksman speaks about struggles of African people around the world; how Europeans control Latin American economies, cultures, and societies, and the struggle for Latin American independence; the struggle to alter the slave relationship with Europeans in the Carribean and Africa; critisizes the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ; and American politics in South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
Women in Prison Women in Prison
Call Number: CD 719Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Intervew of Women in Prison, Dublin, CA 1995. Political prisoners Dylcia Pagan, Linda Evans, Ida Robinson, and Marilyn Buck are asked to speak about themselves and why they are in prison. The women also discuss the GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs), NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), the lack of wages and benefits for the poor and oppressed, and the wrongs of the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Ida Robinson speaks about families of ethnic minorities, and Marilyn Buck speaks about how political prisoners aren’t violent, they are just casualties during the conflict. The women discuss the state of the poor white woman, how is marginalized because no one is fighting for her and she has no representation.
Mission Cultural Center Reception- Lolita Lebron Mission Cultural Center Reception- Lolita Lebron
Call Number: CD 878Format: CDCollection: Puerto Rico
A reception with Puerto Rican freedom fighter Lolita Lebron. A special focus on prisoners of war and the original United States invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898. Lebron offers a solidarity statement among nations and peoples and calls on all to do their part in liberating subjected countries. A question and answer session with the audience continues on side 2 with discussion of clandestine armed forces, the necessity of unity, United States infiltration, invasion, subjugation and torture. Lebron discusses, in-depth, her experiences of being tortured by the medical officials in prison, by being purposely infected with disease. Lebron talks about how she was drugged, abused and denied water, resulting in a kidney infection among many other severe medical problems . Lebron speaks on the attack of US capital in 1954 and on US infiltration in Puerto Rican organizations and the disloyalty to the independista movement. Conditions in Vieques are mentioned by Lebron and she mentions Angel Rodriguez Cristobal who died in the struggle in Tallahassee, Florida