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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 3/24/1973Call Number: RD 035Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon roundup of events: Wounded Knee, grand juries in San Francisco, Harlem 4, Ruchell Magee, H. Rap Brown, international news items
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 3/31/1973Call Number: RD 036Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Includes news on Ruchell, Rap Brown, prison movement, Wounded Knee, Indochina, Crusade for Justice
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 10/24/1971Call Number: RD 009Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Continued from RD 008. News coverage of over 20 Black rebellions occurring around the country; Rebellion in women's prison in solidarity with Attica prisoners; Continued coverage of U.S. occupation in North Vietnam; VietNam Veterans Against the War occupied the Statue of Liberty in New York; September 2nd women's march; H.Rap Brown captured; Iranian embassy in San Francisco attacked.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 10/21/1972Call Number: RD 023Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News from Southeast Asia, India, South Korea, martial law around the world, antiwar demonstrations in Europe, Netherlands anti-US bombing, Chile, Middle East, Africa, Black National Assembly meets in Chicago, Billy Dean Smith court martial, H. Rap Brown trial, San Francisco anti-Weather Underground Grand Jury, other Grand Juries, history of Nixon.
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Date: 11/2/1972Call Number: RD 026Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: The Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon poem by Lincoln Bergman, extensive Vietnam news, H. Rap Brown trial in NYC, song about SNCC by Freedom Singers, Vietnam prison escape.
Bobby Seale Arraignment Bobby Seale Arraignment
Date: 2/27/1968Call Number: CE 076Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Report on arraignment of Bobby Seale, his wife, and four others on gun charges. Pre-publicity alleged conspiracy to murder charges, which were not brought at all, and which Charles Garry at rally outside, calls "smokescreen" to poison atmosphere" to prejudice Huey Newton trial. Bobby Seale also speaks to press and gathering. "Free Brother Huey and Free Brother Rap." Separate questioning with Charles Garry and with Ron Dellums.