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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.

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Olivia Records Olivia Records
Call Number: PM 085BFormat: Cass BCollection: Gender and Sexuality
An interview with two women, Chris Williamson and Judy Delugacz from Olivia Records. Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music.
Interviews on Gay and Lesbian Rights legislation Interviews on Gay and Lesbian Rights legislation
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: PM 086BFormat: Cass BProgram: pre-story interviewsCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Over the phone interview with a man from Concord with the last name Whitsell. Mr. Whitsell became involved with the Human Relations Commission of Concord, CA after Timothy Lee, a young gay black man, was found hung in the Concord BART in 1987. He discusses the Commission, failed the AIDS ordinance, and successful Gay and Lesbian Rights ordinance. There is another interview with a gay student from Clark Kerr College on the verbal assault he faced from the football team and the harassment other students in the gay community faced.
Interview about ecological devastation in El Salvador Interview about ecological devastation in El Salvador
Date: 9/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 028BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Daniel Faber, the research director at the Environmental Project on Central America (EPOCA). He discusses the ecological devastation in El Salvador.
El Salvador: FMLN and ARENA negotiations in Mexico City El Salvador: FMLN and ARENA negotiations in Mexico City
Date: 9/15/1989Call Number: JG/ 033BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
El Salvador: FMLN and ARENA negotiations in Mexico City. FMLN demanding purification of the army to rid it of the death squads responsible for the assassination of Arch Bishop Romero. Interview of FMLN member. Colombia- Drug War article written in the "Guardian" including its effects on peasants, Bush administration military aid and the emergence of the far right paramilitary forces which enjoys the complicity of the Colombian military.
El Salvador: ARENA/ FMLN negotiations in Costa Rica El Salvador: ARENA/ FMLN negotiations in Costa Rica
Date: 10/13/1989Call Number: JG/ 036BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Covers the ARENA/ FMLN negotiations in Costa Rica. 15,000 march in El Salvador to support the negotiations, 40 of the demonstrators arrested by police and considered disappeared. Trade unionists and health workers targeted by ARENA and US Congress writes Cristiani government a check.
Robin Singer discusses Nicaragua elections Robin Singer discusses Nicaragua elections
Date: 2/16/1990Call Number: JG/ 037BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Robin Singer from ACLA discusses the upcoming elections. Describes the different political parties vying for power and US involvement in the elections.
Interview with Magda Enriguez Interview with Magda Enriguez
Call Number: SS 001BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Magda Enriguez on the Mideast war.
Interview with Dr. C.T. Vivian Interview with Dr. C.T. Vivian
Call Number: SS 002BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dr. C.T. Vivian on racism.
Interview with Derrick Bell Interview with Derrick Bell
Call Number: SS 009BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Derrick Bell on racism recorded off KPFA.
Interview with Zack Lyde Interview with Zack Lyde
Date: 8/1/1997Call Number: SS 011BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Zack Lyde, the director of "Save the People." It is about the environmental racism and toxics in Brunswick, GA.