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

Safiya Bukhari Interview with Albert Nuh Washington Safiya Bukhari Interview with Albert Nuh Washington
Date: 2/24/2000Call Number: PM 168Format: Cass A & BProducers: Sally O’Brien, Safiya BukhariProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Interview for WBAI program ‘Where we Live’ - Safiya Bukhari with Albert Nuh Washington, shortly before his death in prison.
Nuh Washington: Statement to Tribute Nuh Washington: Statement to Tribute
Date: 3/21/2000Call Number: V 022Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Last Statement of Sheik Albert Nuh Washington made to a Tribute held in his honor just weeks before his passing in Oakland, California. He thanks people for their efforts to get him out on compassionate release. New York State refused his dying wishes.
Nuh Washington: Last Interview Part 1 Nuh Washington: Last Interview Part 1
Date: 3/21/2000Call Number: V 023Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Last recorded interview with Sheik Albert Nuh Washington made just weeks before his passing. He thanks people for their efforts to get him out on compassionate release. New York State refused his dying wishes. He also speaks extensively about his own history and reflects on his life, from prison to his history as a muslim, a Black Panther and member of the Black Liberation Army
Nuh Washington: Last Interview Part 2 Nuh Washington: Last Interview Part 2
Date: 3/21/2000Call Number: V 024Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Last recorded interview with Sheik Albert Nuh Washington made just weeks before his passing. He thanks people for their efforts to get him out on compassionate release. New York State refused his dying wishes. He also speaks extensively about his own history and reflects on his life, from prison to his history as a muslim, a Black Panther and member of the Black Liberation Army
Nuh Washington: Exerpt from last interview Nuh Washington: Exerpt from last interview
Date: 3/21/2000Call Number: V 025Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Exerpt from last recording made of Sheik Albert Nuh Washington made just weeks before his passing. He thanks people for their efforts to get him out on compassionate release. New York State refused his dying wishes.
Call Me Nuh Call Me Nuh
Date: 3/1/2000Call Number: V 029Format: SVHSProducers: Claude Marks, Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with Sheik Albert Nuh Washington about his life history as a Muslim, member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. SVHS master
Call Me Nuh Call Me Nuh
Date: 3/1/2000Call Number: V 028Format: VHSProducers: Claude Marks, Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with Sheik Albert Nuh Washington about his life history as a Muslim, member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. VHS master
Safiya Bukhari Interview with Albert Nuh Washington Safiya Bukhari Interview with Albert Nuh Washington
Date: 2/24/2000Call Number: CD 588Format: CDProducers: Sally O’Brien, Safiya BukhariProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview for WBAI program ‘Where we Live’ - Safiya Bukhari with Albert Nuh Washington, shortly before his death in prison.