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Basic Searching
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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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Documents

People’s Radio Journal: Rights for the Disabled People’s Radio Journal: Rights for the Disabled
Call Number: KP 187Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPOOProgram: People’s Radio JournalCollection: General materials
Two disabled woman speakers explain their experience with their "sit in" protest in the HEW building. Fighting for disabled people's rights, a 26-day sit in was done to get proposition 504 signed. With a great number of disabled people occupying this federal building, many people protested against president Carter. During Carter's electoral running he said he would fight for human rights including disabled people's rights. However when elected, Carter changed his decisions toward the disabled. The government said that catering to the civil rights of the disabled would cost too much money. This sparked a huge disabled campaign to get more regulations for jobs, housing, etc. During the interview, the speakers talked about numerous ways in which the government tried to stop them. In the result of the protest, prop 504 was signed.