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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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ANC Representative speaks to California Audience Part 2 ANC Representative speaks to California Audience Part 2
Call Number: AFR 089Format: Cass A & BCollection: South Africa
This cassette features the second half of a speech given by an ANC representative in America. "Tommy" Discussed are various facets of the antiapartheid struggle in South Africa but also the commonality of international struggles against racism, the Trilateral Commission and the manufactured divisions between various South African independence parties. Most of the tape is Q and A.
Speak Magazine Speak Magazine
Publisher: SPEAKYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 28Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Women\'s Liberation Must be a Part of a New South Africa
Speak Magazine Speak Magazine
Publisher: SPEAKYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 32Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Workers are Parents Too!
Work in Progress Work in Progress
Publisher: Southern African Research ServiceYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 68 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
In this Issue: A South African Communist Speaks- Chris Dlamini discusses his membership of the new SACP Internal Leadership Group; Kasrils on the role of Umkhonto we Sizwe; Jordan on the state of the SACP; PAC- the way of the empty hand
Jodac News: Official bulletin of the Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee Jodac News: Official bulletin of the Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee
Publisher: Johannesburg Democratic Action CommitteeYear: 1987Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Women on the March
COSATU Third National Congress- Bi-annual Report COSATU Third National Congress- Bi-annual Report
Publisher: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)Date: 7/1989Volume Number: JulyFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa
Contents: Current Political Situation; Issues Facing COSATU; Progess on Resolutions; General Information; General Information; the Way Forward; Obituary; Appendixes.
Statement from COSATU and NACTU on meeting with President De Klerk Statement from COSATU and NACTU on meeting with President De Klerk
Date: 6/26/1990Volume Number: 26-JunFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: South Africa