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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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Howard Zinn: Stories Hollywood never tells Howard Zinn: Stories Hollywood never tells
Date: 4/17/1999Call Number: CD 061Format: CDProducers: AK Press, Aleternative TentaclesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Howard Zinn addresses the Taos Talking Fim Festival about how films portray history, or distort it. He talks about films he would like Hollywood to make like Shay’s Rebellion, the Irish who fought for Mexico against the US as San Patricio’s Battalion, Mother Jones, Helen Keller, etc.
Jonathan Jackson Jr, performing ‘Antinomian Chaos’ from ‘The Reductionists’ Jonathan Jackson Jr, performing ‘Antinomian Chaos’ from ‘The Reductionists’
Date: 10/3/1999Call Number: CD 067Format: CDProducers: Jonathan Jackson JrCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Jonathan Jackson Jr, performing ‘Antinomian Chaos’ from ‘The Reductionists’ with DJ Rachel
Marinero en Tierra: Tributo a Neruda Marinero en Tierra: Tributo a Neruda
Date: 1/1/1999Call Number: CD 107Format: CDProducers: Chile SAA, Warner MusicCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Various poets (including Pablo Neruda) reading Neruda’s poems - Alejandro Sanz, Andres Calamaro, Fher, Joaquin Sabina, Miguel Bose, javierra Parra, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs...includes music 24 tracks
Five Days Over Seattle Five Days Over Seattle
Date: 12/3/1999Call Number: CD 197Format: CDProducers: Cascadia Radio CollectiveCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Under incredibly rough conditions up high in a tree, Y2WTKO/Free Radio Cascadia kept a signal of resistance up throughout the Battle of Seattle '99. These tracks were recorded off the air or from the raw program material itself. The broadcast is alternately hilarious and anguished; thoughtful and frustrated; low-tech and high art. Microradio is a truly powerful tool for tactical communication - nobody's used it better than Y2WTKO." DIY Media.Net This CD is an audio document of free radio station Y2WTKO. Recorded Nov 29 to Dec 3, 1999. Includes 24 page booklet with photos graphics, and gripping personal accounts.
My Life is My Sundance: Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier through the voice of Harvey Arden My Life is My Sundance: Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier through the voice of Harvey Arden
Date: 1/1/1999Call Number: CD 200Format: CDProducers: Mi Abuelo RecordsCollection: Leonard Peltier
My Life is My Sundance. The prison writings of Leonard Peltier (read from his book of the same name) Thru the voice of Harvey Arden (unfortunately no Leonard Peltier) and the music of Rev. Goat & the New Orleans Light. 12 tracks
Without Apology: Reggae Free Mumia Without Apology: Reggae Free Mumia
Date: 1/1/1999Call Number: CD 316Format: CDProducers: Without Apology MusicCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Reggae Free Mumia Without Apology' is a special compila tion CD by a vast array of Reggae music recording artists from across the globe, specifically `livicating' their works to one of the most courageous African-American political prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal. This prominent radio journalist and political activist, is still on death row awaiting execution -or eventual exoneration- in view of the evidence of witness tampering and prosecutorial misconduct. The lyrics and music contained on the "Free Mumia" CD represent an outcry for justice, peace and liberation, as delivered from a number of notable Rootz Reggae singers like Ras Shiloh ("Set Him Free"), Sister Carol ("Shackles") and Big Mountain ("Right To Live"). Everything from the Ska music of John Brown's Body, the Dancehall duo of Natty Remo & Cool Breeze, the "Liberation Dub" of Jah Warrior, to the heartfelt rootz Reggae rhythms of Jack Ruby's discovery -Foundation- and the Spanish Reggae group, The Revelations, can be found on this exciting album. These rootz artists, like their Hip Hop/Rap counterparts, have come together, contributing their works in an effort to take a stand against corrupt politics that attempt to crush and suffocate the human spirit. Ultimately, the artists are trying to stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania. The liner notes of the CD includes the complete interview with Reggae legend Bob Marley, conducted by Mumia himself before his imprisonment. Proceeds from the sale of this CD will be donated to Mumia's legal defense fund. For more updated information about Mumia Abu-Jamal, please visit www.mumia.org and/or www.walrus.com/~resist
30th Anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton 30th Anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton
Date: 12/4/1999Call Number: CD 414Format: CDProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanCollection: Fred Hampton
Program made for the 30th anniversary of the murder of Chicago Panther leader, Fred Hampton. Includes portions of a speech made by Hampton in April, 1969 at the University of Chicago, comments by Akua Ngeri (his wife at the time) from an interview by Kiilu Nyasha, and portions of an original broadcast on Nothing is more Precious than from 1974.