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

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.
Paul Robeson, BBC Tribute 1988 Paul Robeson, BBC Tribute 1988
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: CD 339Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Robeson Tribute BBC, 1988, complete, unedited program, includes biographical narrative on Robeson, interspersed with excerpts from his speeches and musical recordings, and commentaries by others. ) PR 075 Sid Roger on Paul Robeson (Reel 2): Narrative on Robeson, Peekskill, his relation to the Bay Area, his activity for the 1948 Henry Wallace campaign and the Progressive Party in 1952 Same as PR 078 & PR 076
Marion Program Panel 1 Marion Program Panel 1
Date: 10/1/1988Call Number: CD 821Format: CDProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Introduction by Nancy Kurshan and preliminary comments by Jose Lopez. Lecture by Bruce Wright, judge, scholar, poet and activist for social justice. Using his own experience as a Black man, he describes the history of US racism and the criminal justice system. Program on the life and work of Assata Shakur, and her influence on the work and life of fellow activists. Also speakers on the Puerto Rican liberation movement.