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

International Women's Day Show International Women's Day Show
Date: 3/3/1977Call Number: FI 045Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Focus on Lolita Lebron and the Puerto Rican nationalists, with actuality of a newscast from that time. Women’s Day statement by Emily Harris and reports on Inez Garcia verdict, the funeral of Lolita Lebron's daughter, and struggle at North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women.
Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 1 Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 1
Call Number: PM 045Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Breakthrough
Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron at the federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia. Interviewed by Barbara Lubinski.
Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 2 Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 2
Call Number: PM 046Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Breakthrough
Lolita Lebron with Barbara Lubinski. Lolita describes the conditions of her imprisonment, including confinement in psychiatric facilities, shock treatment, enema treatments, etc. her life as political prisoner, dedication, religious and spiritual aspects.
Lolita Lebron - Los Topos Lolita Lebron - Los Topos
Call Number: PM 047Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: La Raza programmingCollection: Puerto Rico
This is a short role play drama on Lolita Lebron by Los Topos---needs editing, has discussion of production on it.
Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance
Call Number: CD 085Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Pro Tools audio materials from Lolita Lebron, Martin Luther King Jr for Roots of Resistance
Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance
Call Number: CD 086Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Pro Tools audio materials from Afro-Roots Roots of Resistance
The Motherload with Ricardo Romero and Lolita Lebron The Motherload with Ricardo Romero and Lolita Lebron
Date: 5/6/1978Call Number: PM 142Format: CassetteProducers: Joan Townsend, Judy Gerber, Lori SimsProgram: The MotherloadCollection: Puerto Rico
A music-filled interview with Ricardo Romero and Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron. A commemoration to to Nationalist prisoners and an account of the isolation of prison and the torturous living conditions therein.
Mission Cultural Center Reception- Lolita Lebron Mission Cultural Center Reception- Lolita Lebron
Call Number: PM 235Format: Cass A & BCollection: Puerto Rico
A reception with Puerto Rican freedom fighter Lolita Lebron. A special focus on prisoners of war and the original United States invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898. Lebron offers a solidarity statement among nations and peoples and calls on all to do their part in liberating subjected countries. A question and answer session with the audience continues on side 2 with discussion of clandestine armed forces, the necessity of unity, United States infiltration, invasion, subjugation and torture. Lebron discusses, in-depth, her experiences of being tortured by the medical officials in prison, by being purposely infected with disease. Lebron talks about how she was drugged, abused and denied water, resulting in a kidney infection among many other severe medical problems . Lebron speaks on the attack of US capital in 1954 and on US infiltration in Puerto Rican organizations and the disloyalty to the independista movement. Conditions in Vieques are mentioned by Lebron and she mentions Angel Rodriguez Cristobal who died in the struggle in Tallahassee, Florida
Nov 1 Puerto Rico Rally San Francisco Nov 1 Puerto Rico Rally San Francisco
Call Number: KP 151Format: CassetteCollection: Puerto Rico
Nov 1 "Puerto Rico" rally in San Francisco in the late 1970’s. This rally was a part of an International Campaign to free the 5 Puerto Rican Nationalists who were incarcerated for their actions to free Puerto Rico from U.S. colonial rule. Two of these independentistas, Lolita Lebron and Oscar Collazo sent words to be read at the rally. Along with other speakers/performers, Lucas Demont of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party Nucleus, spoke about the revolutionary history of Puerto Rico, including the Nationalist Party's taking up of arms against US imperialism, the ensuing ultra-repressive US colonial occupation, and also the actions that lead to the incarceration of Puerto Rican Nationalists. Mary Ellen Polluck of the Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee explained the ways in which the US has turned Puerto Rico into a colony instead of the "free associated state" as it has been named. Also featuring performance by Nina Serano.
Lolita Lebron on safety and terrorism Lolita Lebron on safety and terrorism
Call Number: PM 239AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron on safety and terrorism. Lebron emphasizes the vital and irreplaceable role that women play and describes the role of Puerto Rican women as transcendental. She also discusses three liberation events: el Grito de Lares, el Grito de Jayuya y el Grito de Washington. Lebron talks about key figures involved in each battle for freedom against oppressive colonial powers. She stresses the immediate need for women to realize that they are still led by men and that they must first free themselves before they can help anyone else. Lebron ends with a solidarity statement calling for revolutionary education and action.