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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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Pre-Christmas Show - Lolita Lebron Message Pre-Christmas Show - Lolita Lebron Message
Date: 12/18/1976Call Number: FI 038Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lolita Lebron Christmas message from prison. Story on Christmas tree lot owner in Oakland shooting at African-American kids, Ku JKlux Klan activities at Camp Pendleton and Black marine resistance, INS atatcks on undocumented workers and case of Jose Medina. Song by Lucita.
Paul Robeson Tribute and Anti-Klan News Paul Robeson Tribute and Anti-Klan News
Date: 1/24/1981Call Number: FI 125Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Musical and poetic tribute to Paul Robeson, includes some of his songs and speeches. Also includes full statement from the National Anti-Klan Network for a national conference. News brief on uprising, general strike, guerrilla offensive in El Salvador.
Sandino and Malcolm Tribute Sandino and Malcolm Tribute
Date: 2/21/1981Call Number: FI 126Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Barbara Lubinski, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute to Sandino and Malcolm X on anniversaries of their assassinations. Poetry, excerpts of Malcolm speeches, and current news: Miami cases with racist verdicts stemming from rebellion, Atlanta series of murders of poor Black youth.
SF Teach in 1983 (Tape 1) SF Teach in 1983 (Tape 1)
Call Number: KP 522Format: Cass A & BCollection: New Afrika
Ahmed Obafemi is one of the main speakers at a San Francisco Teach- In which occurred in 1983. The KKK and the Republic of New Afrika/ The Black Liberation Movement are key topics in his and other’s speeches. Specifically mentioned are The Cowboys (a group of SFPD policemen from Richmond) who are connected with police brutality and violence against blacks and their homes. Richmond is proclaimed as the center of the Klan in the Bay Area. Obafemi also speaks about the importance of Malcolm X as a Black Nationalist Freedom Fighter, how his name changes represent the progression and changes within the Black Liberation Movement and current effort to distort the legacy of Malcolm X.
SF Teach in 1983 (Tape 2) SF Teach in 1983 (Tape 2)
Call Number: KP 523Format: Cass A & BCollection: New Afrika
Ahmed Obafemi is one of the main speakers at a San Francisco Teach- In which occurred in 1983. The KKK and the Republic of New Afrika/ The Black Liberation Movement are key topics in his and other’s speeches. Obafemi speaks about going up against the Ku Klux Klan and that the only solution for Black liberation is through the struggle for land. An unknown female speaker provides greater detail about KKK resurgence in Texas and simultaneous Klan activity in California. The speaker proclaims the need for anti- Klan movement building and denounces the NAAWP (National Association for the Advancement of White People).
On the KKK and the 1996 Republican National Convention On the KKK and the 1996 Republican National Convention
Date: 8/16/1996Call Number: JG/ 158BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy opens the episode with a reading from a newspaper article that was not widely publicized in the national newspapers. The article focused on an event where two KKK members plead guilty in Charleston in Federal Court to burning down two Black A.M.E. churches. Judy questions why the article was hidden from public knowledge. Judy then moves on to speak primarily about the Republican National Convention that recently occurred in San Diego. She challenges news reports and newspaper articles claiming that many Blacks and Latinos were present at the convention, while in reality, there were only 100 Blacks/Latinos of the 2000 people in total attendance. Judy also mentions the various protests that occurred during the convention.