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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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Mark Essex Mark Essex
Date: 1/6/1974Call Number: KP 012AFormat: Cass AProducers: Dave LampellCollection: Black Liberation
Dave Lampell delivers a short program documenting the shootout in New Orleans in 1974 where Mark Essex, a 23 year old Vietnam veteran killed police officers. The area was closed off, and calling on backup for reinforcements, police numbers were in the hundreds. They believed there to be more than one sniper. They shot Mark Essex over one hundred times, killing him the first night of the shootout. The police also took out many of their own in an insane display of force. The rest of the program gives a history of Mark Essex’s life in Kansas and suffering racism in the military. Great quotes about the racist State from his mother and sister.
Juanita Nelson on racism Juanita Nelson on racism
Date: 2/23/1991Call Number: SS 001AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Juanita Nelson is a 40-year tax resister and talks about racism, taxes and resistance.
Interviews with Papusa Monlina and Phyllis Alexander Interviews with Papusa Monlina and Phyllis Alexander
Date: 10/1/1988Call Number: SS 125AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interviews with Papusa Monlina and Phyllis Alexander from the Racism Conference in Iowa City, Iowa.
Interviews with Papusa Molina and Polly Lin Interviews with Papusa Molina and Polly Lin
Date: 4/11/1989Call Number: SS 156AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Papusa Molina and Polly Lin from Women Against Racism.
Interview with Margaret Wilkerson Interview with Margaret Wilkerson
Call Number: SS 032AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Margaret Wilkerson, a UC Professor of Ethnic Studies on Racism.
Speeches on Race and Immigration (Part 1) Speeches on Race and Immigration (Part 1)
Call Number: SS 034AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Speeches by Ignatious Bau, Andres Jiminez, Bill McNeill, Irma Manoz and Angela Chu on race and immigration experiences in the United States. Same as CD 605
Interview with Dan Buford (Part 1) Interview with Dan Buford (Part 1)
Date: 5/18/1988Call Number: SS 037AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dan Buford from "The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond" an anti-racist training.
Interview with Howard Pinderhughes Interview with Howard Pinderhughes
Call Number: SS 038AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Howard Pinderhughes on racism.
Interview with Dennis Bernstein Interview with Dennis Bernstein
Date: 7/11/1996Call Number: SS 040AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoProgram: KPFACollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dennis Bernstein on the Black Movement and Black church burnings.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 6/24/1999Call Number: JH 598AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Buena Vista Social Club, Chiapas-Chelis; Guatemala -Periodico Maya Rutzijal; "Madre, hoy te quiero libre" "las sociedades cambian" de Ojarasca, "En la hoguera del Racismo" de Pablo Yañez