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

The Moncada Attack: The twentieth Anniversary The Moncada Attack: The twentieth Anniversary
Call Number: KP 061Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Gayle Markow, Claude MarksCollection: Cuba
A program about the attacks on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba which led to the guerrilla war and the success of the Cuban revolution. Includes historical information, interviews with female and male soldiers, traditional Cuban music and readings of Jose Marti’s poetry.
Nothing Is More Precious Than - Moncada Memorial Nothing Is More Precious Than - Moncada Memorial
Date: 7/26/1974Call Number: NI 104AFormat: Cass AProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln Bergman, Nancy Barrett, Gayle MarkowProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Moncada memorial 1974 program.
Mayday protests 1971 Mayday protests 1971
Date: 7/26/1974Call Number: NI 104BFormat: Cass BProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln Bergman, Nancy Barrett, Gayle MarkowProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Lincoln Bergman report from May protests in Washington DC 5/3/1971 on the largest mass arrest in US history as part of antiwar movement.
Mario Avila-Juntos Partido Y Pueblo Mario Avila-Juntos Partido Y Pueblo
Call Number: Vin 106Format: VinylProducers: Ediciones del Comite Central del partido Socialista de los trabajadoresCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Mario Avila composes these songs representing worker struggle, and uses his music to convey Socialist ideals. He also uses his music to praise political leaders like Jose Marti and Emiliano Zapata.
Dragon Dragon
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveYear: 1975Volume Number: No. 5 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Dragon
Table of Contents: Letter from the Smybionese Liberation Army December/75, Our Back Pages: B.A.R.C., Letters, Nam Brothers: Ashanti, Black Liberation Army, The Weather Underground Organization film, Blurbs, Politics in Command: Weather Underground, Women's Gun Pamphlet: book review, New World Liberation Front, structure, New Worl Liberation Front, community health strategy, The Zapata Unit: B.A.R.C., An Open Letter to the People, the Zapata Unit, and New Dawn.