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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.
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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 - Last Message Part 1 Malcolm X - Last Message Part 1
Date: 2/14/1965Call Number: CD 533Format: CDCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X addresses the First Annual Dignity Projection and Scholarship Award Ceremony - the chilling Last Message, in which he begins by talking about his experience staying at a house in Detroit that had been bombed the night before his speech.
Malcolm X - Last Message Part 2 Malcolm X - Last Message Part 2
Date: 2/14/1965Call Number: CD 534Format: CDCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X addresses the First Annual Dignity Projection and Scholarship Award Ceremony - done in Detroit. He discusses politics, race, and the global scene at the time.
The Best of Malcolm X - Vol. 1 The Best of Malcolm X - Vol. 1
Call Number: CD 535Format: CDCollection: Malcolm X
The man and his words, live in action. 12 excerpts are showcased on this disc, including "Black United Front", "White Liberals", "Race War In America", "Black Women And White Men" and "Crime By Blacks."
The Best of Malcolm X - Vol. 2 The Best of Malcolm X - Vol. 2
Call Number: CD 536Format: CDCollection: Malcolm X
The man and his words, live in action. 16 excerpts are showcased on this disc, including "The Root Of Civilization", "Police Brutality & Mob Violence", "Resurrection" and "White Man's Law".
Malcolm X - Great Debate with James Baldwin - Others Malcolm X - Great Debate with James Baldwin - Others
Date: 4/25/1961Call Number: CD 537Format: CDCollection: Malcolm X
A debate between Malcolm X and James Baldwin. It was 40 years ago: JohnF. Kennedy was president, and the Civil Rights movement in America was fighting for racial and economic justice. On April 25, 1961, two giants of African American history faced each in a debate on the nature of racism in America and possible solutions. The discussion between brings into sharp focus many of the issues that still plague this country.
Malcolm X Compilation Malcolm X Compilation
Date: 1/1/1965Call Number: AFR 088Format: CassetteCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X's collection of Famous Speeches during 1962-1965. Side 1: You're Gonna Catch Hell, American Nightmare, We Want to Collect on Our Investment, Field Negro, Question your tactics… Side 2: This is the Era of Revolution, By Any Means, Guerilla Warfare, Negro's Coming up, House Negro, Truth, Chickens and Duck Egg, Epilogue, I'm the Man.
Soulbook #6: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica Soulbook #6: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica
Publisher: Afro-American Research InstitutionYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 2-2 Winter-SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Soulbook
Table of Contents: Blackness, that's where it's at!!; Science in the service of revolution; racism in France; a ghetto masculinity; love me; Reject notes; The Nation of Islam; Problems facing Black America; The World is a Black Man's Land.
Message to the Grass Roots and the Ballot or the Bullet Message to the Grass Roots and the Ballot or the Bullet
Author: Malcolm XFormat: ExcerptCollection: Malcolm X
Chapters from book Malcolm X Speaks - two of the last speeches Malcolm gave before leaving NOI
Malcolm X Study Guide Malcolm X Study Guide
Publisher: Malcolm X Conference Office, Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeDate: 11/1990Volume Number: NovemberFormat: MonographCollection: Malcolm X
Study Guide of Malcolm X's life and politics