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

Paul Robeson Show: Readings from Here I Stand Paul Robeson Show: Readings from Here I Stand
Date: 8/1/1983Call Number: PR 018Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Here I Stand, read by Karl Marx Yeargans - recordings of Robeson singing. Also on CD 244, Track 1
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand, readings by Karl Marx Yeargans Paul Robeson: Here I Stand, readings by Karl Marx Yeargans
Date: 3/3/1976Call Number: PR 034Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Here I Stand, readings by Karl Marx Yeargans Same as CD 270, Tracks 6-16
In the midst of struggle: Paul Robeson birthday show; Promos for Paul Robeson Day; Here I Stand In the midst of struggle: Paul Robeson birthday show; Promos for Paul Robeson Day; Here I Stand
Date: 4/6/1985Call Number: CD 270Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant struggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Struggle against apartheid in South Africa and international solidarity; reads several poems; several Robeson songs. (Tape begins in middle of program and ends in middle of last song.) Same as PR 029 Promos for Paul Robeson Day, a 12-hour marathon broadcast on KPFA on March 16, 1976. Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5; same as PR 033 Here I Stand, readings by Karl Marx Yeargans Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Track 6 is incomplete. Same as PR 034
Paul Robeson Show: Readings from Here I Stand - Peace Arch Park Paul Robeson Show: Readings from Here I Stand - Peace Arch Park
Date: 8/1/1983Call Number: CD 244Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Here I Stand, read by Karl Marx Yeargans - recordings of Robeson singing. Same as PR 018 Excerpts from 1952 & 1953 Robeson concerts at Peach Arch Park on the US-Canada border in defiance of US government’s denial of Robeson’s right to travel. Includes introduction by Harvey Murphy, president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, Vancouver, British Columbia. Robeson speaks about his passport struggle and freedom of speech, international solidarity & friendship. Same as PR 019