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

Middle East Middle East
Call Number: FI 017Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
War in the Middle East and U.S. intervention in foreign politics. Anti-war songs and poetry. Owen Davis performs a song-poem about values, racism, drugs, war, and love. Miranda Bergman is interviewed about the Middle East and Palestine.
Break the Silence Break the Silence
Date: 9/28/1989Call Number: FI 018Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln Bergman, KPFAProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lincoln Bergman interviews Jewish women artists who are trying to make peace in the Middle East - Break the Silence Mural project. About their work and goals for peace, solidarity, and on their experiences. Includes music and Lincoln Bergman reading poems about Huey P. Newton.
Not in Our Name Not in Our Name
Call Number: KP 272AFormat: Cass AProducers: Susan RivoCollection: Palestine
Partial air check of program about Jewish women expressing support for Palestine and the Intifada. Includes interviews with Miranda Bergman, Marsha Friedman, Penny Rosenwasser, Naomi Seidman, Barbara Lubin and Bracha Serri. Hosted by Susan Rivo.
Opposition to First Gulf War Opposition to First Gulf War
Date: 8/11/1990Call Number: FI 269Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Poetry and music, including limericks and other protest poems on of US plans to invade Iraq related to Kuwait. Includes portion of interview on the Middle East with muralist Miranda Bergman, and a conga drum musical rap set with musician Owen Davis.
Owen Davis and Middle East commentary Owen Davis and Middle East commentary
Date: 9/29/1990Call Number: FI 277Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: FreedoM Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Program inserts for September 1990 program on the Middle East and possibility of war. Includes original spoken word and conga drum recording of Owen Davis and commentary by Miranda Bergman on US imperialism in the Middle East. Program script on file.