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

Africa Today - Premiere of Legacy of Torture Africa Today - Premiere of Legacy of Torture
Date: 1/1/2007Call Number: M 073Format: CDProducers: Walter TurnerProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Master recordings
Interview with Claude Marks about the upcoming premiere of Legacy of Torture - just days before the arrests of the San Francisco 8.
Legacy of Torture Event and Press Conference - Part 3 Legacy of Torture Event and Press Conference - Part 3
Date: 1/28/2007Call Number: LT 011Format: Mini DVProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Premiere screening of the Legacy of Torture and press conference rallying support for the SF 8, held at Roxie Theater. Featuring Wayne Thompson, Soffiyah Elijah, Stuart Hanlon.
SF 8 after Grand Jury Release SF 8 after Grand Jury Release
Date: 9/23/2007Call Number: LT 042Format: Mini DVCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Appearance of several San Francisco 8 members after their release by a State Grand Jury. Update by Attorney Soffiyah Elijah in front of SF Court building 9/24/2007.
SF 8 after Grand Jury Release SF 8 after Grand Jury Release
Date: 9/23/2007Call Number: LT 043Format: DVDCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Appearance of several San Francisco 8 members after their release by a State Grand Jury. Update by Attorney Soffiyah Elijah in front of SF Court building 9/24/2007.
SF 8 after Grand Jury Release SF 8 after Grand Jury Release
Date: 9/23/2007Call Number: LT 044Format: DVDCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Appearance of several San Francisco 8 members after their release by a State Grand Jury. Update by Attorney Soffiyah Elijah in front of SF Court building 9/24/2007.
Laura Whitehorn for COINTELPRO 101 Laura Whitehorn for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 9/22/2007Call Number: C 10 018Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Radical activist and former political prisoner/WUO member who was targeted by the federal government.
Ward Churchill for COINTELPRO 101 (1 of 2) Ward Churchill for COINTELPRO 101 (1 of 2)
Date: 11/23/2007Call Number: C 10 026Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Recently-removed Professor at the University of Colorado who has written extensively about COINTELPRO.
Ward Churchill for COINTELPRO 101 (2 of 2) Ward Churchill for COINTELPRO 101 (2 of 2)
Date: 11/23/2007Call Number: C 10 027Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Recently-removed Professor at the University of Colorado who has written extensively about COINTELPRO.
Kathleen Cleaver for COINTELPRO 101 Kathleen Cleaver for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 12/12/2007Call Number: C 10 031Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Former leader of the BPP, now Professor of Law at Emory and Yale Universities and an expert on COINTELPRO.
Bob Boyle for COINTELPRO 101 Bob Boyle for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 10/13/2007Call Number: C 10 032Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Attorney representing many activists and political prisoners targeted by COINTELPRO.