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.

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Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CD 059Format: CDProducers: Betty ShabazzCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X inspired people to act, to defend themselves and to defend their rights. He was recorded under all kinds of conditions - in radio studios, in front of crowds in Harlem, by reporters in London and los Angeles - and he was always electrifying. A compilation CD and Booklet With many graphics and some text, released by Curtis Management, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1992.
Malcolm X: Words from the Frontlines - Exerpts From the Great Speeches Malcolm X: Words from the Frontlines - Exerpts From the Great Speeches
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CD 489Format: CDCollection: Malcolm X
"We Want Complete Separation" (13:33) "You Got What's Know as 'White's Disease'" (12:20) "Keep That White Man's Claws off Our Women" (5:25) "There's No Such Thing as a Non-Violent Revolution" (4:26) "I'm a Field Negro" (8:37) "... Stop Singin' and Start Swingin" (7:42) "... By Any Means Necessary" (14:03) "You Can't Hate the Roots of a Tree and Not Hate the Tree" (5:55) [Untitled] (:40)
Betty Shabazz speaks Betty Shabazz speaks
Date: 11/4/1992Call Number: KP 404Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Malcolm X
Betty Shabazz. widow of Malcolm X, speaks on Spike Lee film, on merchandising of Malcolm, family's process putting up his pictures in the house. Speaks of respect for Wallace Muhammad. Also says, "The conditions for Black Diaspora have not changed appreciably," and says "by any means necessary," is a "comprehensive" not violent statement, describing all "options."
Betty Shabazz speaks Betty Shabazz speaks
Date: 11/4/1992Call Number: KP 405Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Malcolm X
Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow, speaks about young people, their rights to full respect, and to learn full respect for others, also comments on educational programs.
Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CD 673Format: CDProducers: Betty ShabazzCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X inspired people to act, to defend themselves and to defend their rights. He was recorded under all kinds of conditions - in radio studios, in front of crowds in Harlem, by reporters in London and Los Angeles - and he was always electrifying. A compilation CD and Booklet With many graphics and some text, released by Curtis Management, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1992.
Picture This Picture This
Author: Hilton AlsPublisher: VoiceDate: 11/10/1992Volume Number: 10-NovFormat: ArticleCollection: Malcolm X
On the set, the street, and at dinner with "X" director Spike Lee