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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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Interview with Farika Birhan Interview with Farika Birhan
Date: 11/29/1984Call Number: SS 113Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika Birhan on Maroons of Jamaica.
Conversations with Grenadians in 1985 Conversations with Grenadians in 1985
Date: 6/7/1985Call Number: SS 128Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Documentary on Grenada after the United States invasion in 1983. Includes speeches, interviews, music and poetry.
Interview with Michael Manley Interview with Michael Manley
Call Number: SS 148Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Michael Manley, the Prime Minister of Jamaica of Arms in the Third World.
Association of Caribbean States (ACS) speeches Association of Caribbean States (ACS) speeches
Date: 8/15/1995Call Number: SS 025Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Opening ACS speeches includes Castro, recorded in Trinidad.
"Jamaica: Paradise for Whom?" "Jamaica: Paradise for Whom?"
Call Number: SS 046Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
This hour long documentary looks at the high unemployment and poverty rate in Jamaica due to its political, social and economic situation. Produced by Sue Supriano and mixed in the KPFA studios by volunteers.
Interview with Farika Interview with Farika
Date: 4/8/1984Call Number: SS 047Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika about the Rastafari movement in Jamaica.
Interview with Michael Manley Interview with Michael Manley
Call Number: SS 007Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Michael Manley about Jamaica.
Radio Free Grenada Radio Free Grenada
Date: 10/24/1983Call Number: SS 008Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
A day before US invasion in Grenada in 1983, mostly music.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 1/15/1987Call Number: JH 237Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Don Rojas-secretaria de prensa de Maurice Bishop in grenada, Anti-imperialist Organization of the Caribbean and Central America
Andres Gomez on U.S. - Cuba relations Andres Gomez on U.S. - Cuba relations
Date: 9/1/1995Call Number: JG/ 095Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Excerpt of a talk by Andres Gomez, National Coordinator of the Antonio Maseo Brigade, a group of Cuban Americans in support of Cuba and opposed to the U.S. embargo. Gomez begins his talk by optimistically noting recent efforts at Caribbean regional cooperation. He then discuses the long course of U.S.- Cuba relations. He decries how some 35,000 Cubans have been held over the past year at Guantanamo Bay for desiring to immigrate to the U.S. whereas the U.S. had actively encouraged Cuban immigration for the past 35 years. Gomez believes that the Cuban Revolution embodies Cuba at heart and that U.S. imperial efforts to destroy the Revolution have hurt the Cuban people. He notes social gains in Cuba over the past 32 years compared to the U.S. but notes that the poor economic situation in '92 and '92 with the demise of the U.S.S.R. have been very trying for the Revolution. He believes that Cubans must now build socialism under different terms with the new national and international circumstances. He sees a need for a freer, more participatory Cuban society, but insists that the U.S. likewise faces many problems of its own.