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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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Nuh Washington Interview Nuh Washington Interview
Date: 2/24/2000Call Number: PM 203AFormat: Cass ACollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
In this interview, Nuh speaks with WBAI where we live radio station on the highly political profiled case of the New York 3. Washington passed away on 4/28/00 but not before elaborating on an on going thing he called struggle. Since spending the last 28 years in prison for being convicted of killing two New York police men along with two other brothers, errors has been discovered in the case. Although solid perjury evidence had been detected from a witness of the DA, Nuh had lost the last chance of an appeal. The errors in the case were considered serious, but not serious enough to overturn the decision. In his last recorded interview, Washington stated that “the potential of the Black Panther Party scared it’s enemies.”
David Gilbert Interview David Gilbert Interview
Date: 7/31/1998Call Number: V 036Format: VHSProducers: Sam GreenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
David Gilbert interviewed at Great Meadows Prison in New York about his political history and development as an anti racist, anti sexist, anti imperialist person. Includes commentary on the development of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society), the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party (BPP), Black Liberation Army (BLA), COINTELPRO and many other issues from the 60s forward. VHS copy of DV camera originals, Part 1
David Gilbert Interview David Gilbert Interview
Date: 7/31/1998Call Number: V 037Format: VHSProducers: Sam GreenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
David Gilbert interviewed at Great Meadows Prison in New York about his political history and development as an anti racist, anti sexist, anti imperialist person. Includes commentary on the development of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society), the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party (BPP), Black Liberation Army (BLA), COINTELPRO and many other issues from the 60s forward. VHS copy of DV camera originals, Part 2
Jalil Muntaqim Interview Jalil Muntaqim Interview
Date: 3/14/1988Call Number: V 039Format: SVHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Jalil Muntaqim Interviewed in 1988 for the making of a video on the ‘New York 3’ and their legal case. The New York 3 includes Jalil, Herman Bell and Nuh Washington. Part 1 of the raw interview in prison.
Jalil Muntaqim Interview Jalil Muntaqim Interview
Date: 3/14/1988Call Number: V 040Format: SVHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Jalil Muntaqim Interviewed in 1988 for the making of a video on the ‘New York 3’ and their legal case. The New York 3 includes Jalil, Herman Bell and Nuh Washington. Part 2 of the raw interview in prison.
Herman Bell Interview Herman Bell Interview
Date: 3/21/1988Call Number: V 041Format: SVHSCollection: Herman Bell
Herman Bell Interviewed in 1988 for the making of a video on the ‘New York 3’ and their legal case. The New York 3 includes Jalil Muntaqim, Herman Bell and Nuh Washington. Part 1 of the raw interview in prison.
Herman Bell Interview Herman Bell Interview
Date: 3/21/1988Call Number: V 042Format: SVHSCollection: Herman Bell
Herman Bell Interviewed in 1988 for the making of a video on the ‘New York 3’ and their legal case. The New York 3 includes Jalil Muntaqim, Herman Bell and Nuh Washington. Part 2 of the raw interview in prison.
Herman Bell & Jalil Muntaqim Interview Herman Bell & Jalil Muntaqim Interview
Date: 3/1/1988Call Number: V 043Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Herman Bell & Jalil Muntaqim Interviewed in 1988 for the making of a video on the ‘New York 3’ and their legal case. The New York 3 includes Jalil Muntaqim, Herman Bell and Nuh Washington. EPS VHS of the raw interview in prison.
Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words
Call Number: PM 229Format: CassetteProgram: In Her Own WordsCollection: Assata Shakur
Two international reporters conducted this interview with Assata Shakur in Havana Cuba in 1987. Assata talks about what it's like to live in Cuba, her relationship with her daughter and the changing struggle of Black rights, Black liberation, and human rights.
Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words
Call Number: PM 230Format: CassetteProgram: In Her Own WordsCollection: Assata Shakur
Same as PM 229. Two international reporters conducted this interview with Assata Shakur in Havana Cuba in 1987. Assata talks about what it's like to live in Cuba, her relationship with her daughter and the changing struggle of Black rights, Black liberation, and human rights.