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

Interview with Cheryl West Interview with Cheryl West
Date: 4/9/1989Call Number: SS 024AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Cheryl West on his play "Before It Hits Home" and racism.
Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa
Call Number: SS 050AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa on Zimbabwe and health.
Interview with Joyce Sikakae Interview with Joyce Sikakae
Date: 8/1/1983Call Number: SS 052AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Joyce Sikakae about the fight for independence in South Africa as well as her life as a South African writer and activist.
First African Book Fair First African Book Fair
Call Number: SS 057AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
First African Book Fair interviews and indigenous music.
Peace Fair in Zimbabwe Peace Fair in Zimbabwe
Call Number: SS 060AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with a activist from the women's movement in Zimbabwe at the Peace Fair, which commemorates the August 6th, 1945 atomic bomb dropping in Hiroshima. Also discussed: the women's movement and anti-nuclear movement in Zimbabwe. (first 2/3 of the tape is blank and the last 1/3 is the interview)
Interview with Diane Russell Interview with Diane Russell
Call Number: SS 124AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Diane Russell on her book, "Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa."
Interview with Dr. Paul Davis Interview with Dr. Paul Davis
Call Number: SS 152AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dr. Paul Davis about the South African Torture Victims.
Interview with Dharuba Bin Wahad Interview with Dharuba Bin Wahad
Date: 10/5/1999Call Number: PM 170AFormat: Cass AProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Dhoruba Bin Wahad
General statements by Dhoruba Bin Wahad while he visited San Francisco in 1999.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 11/19/1992Call Number: JH 388AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Ultima parte, el amor con Gonzalo Gonzalez, Laura Balverde; Explicaciones de las convivencias; Brigada a Cuba; Mercedes Sosa; musica africana
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 4/28/1994Call Number: JH 443AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
South Africa