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.

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Out of the Darkness Out of the Darkness
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: Vin 048Producers: Fire on the Mountain, Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, Holly Near, Don Lange, Cris Williamson, Charlie King, Jesse Colin Young, Dick Gaughan, Sweet Honey in the RockCollection: General materials
A compilation of protest songs against nuclear energy and war sung by folk singers, including Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, and Jesse Colin Young. Themes include peace and environmental justice.
John Lennon- Shaved Fish John Lennon- Shaved Fish
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 050Producers: Apple Records, John Lennon, Plastic Ono BandCollection: General materials
A compilation of singles from John Lennon's post-Beatles years. "Shaved Fish" sees John Lennon experimenting with topical song writing, with songs like "Give Peace a Chance," "Power to the People," and "Imagine."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Why I Oppose The Vietnam War" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Why I Oppose The Vietnam War"
Date: 1/1/1967Call Number: Vin 053Producers: Paul Winley Records, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Collection: General materials
Original recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s anti-Vietnam war speech. He gave this sermon on April 16, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. In the sermon, he draws parallels between the freedom struggle of the Viet Cong and the civil rights movement, calling for an end to US military involvement.
Carl Oglesby Speech, "Let Us Shape the Future" Carl Oglesby Speech, "Let Us Shape the Future"
Date: 11/27/1965Call Number: CE 488Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Carl Oglesby, President of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), delivers speech, after his return from Vietnam, at anti-war rally, considered to be "a landmark of American political rhetoric." He condemns the “corporate liberalism," American economic interests disguised as anti-Communist benevolence, that, he argued, underpins the Vietnam War. He says, "Don't blame me for sounding Anti-American. It's mowed my liberal values and broke my American heart." 7th Speed
David Gilbert – A Lifetime of Struggle David Gilbert – A Lifetime of Struggle
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProducers: Lisa Rudman, Claude MarksCollection: Freedom Archives Productions
This 30-minute video was edited in March 2002 by Claude Marks and Lisa Rudman, and is based on an interview done in July of 1998 at Great Meadows Prison, Comstock, New York by Sam Green and Bill Siegel. Camera: Federico Salsano. This is a rare opportunity to go behind prison walls for a discussion with David Gilbert, a lifelong anti-imperialist activist and former member of the Weather Underground Organization. David is now serving a life sentence in prison for activities in support of the Black Liberation Movement. He explains why he joined the movement, what led him to go underground, and frankly discusses the strengths and errors of the movement and the WUO.
Laura Whitehorn COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage Laura Whitehorn COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: C 10 127Collection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Radical activist and former political prisoner/WUO member who was targeted by the federal government.