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

Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 9/6/1990Call Number: JH 308BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Alejandro Santiago Oaxaca
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 7/8/1999Call Number: JH 600BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Borjes, Getagetsa, Oaxaca, Musica Argentina; Bandas de la Sierra
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 1/27/2000Call Number: JH 613AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Ecuador; Jorge/chelis; Chilenas de la Costa Chica, Oaxaca/D.F.; Eduardo Galeano/Patas Arriba, El Trabajo; Eliades Ochoa y Man Dibango Cuba/Africa
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 9/1/2000Call Number: JH 620BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
"Blossoms of Fire" pelicula sobre ila gente de Juchitan, Oaxaca de Maureen Gofsling
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 3/1/2001Call Number: JH 633BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
EZLN en Oaxaca el 26 de febrero de 2001
El Enemigo Común (The Common Enemy) El Enemigo Común (The Common Enemy)
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 614Format: DVDProducers: Simón Sedillo, Austin IndymediaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
An exposé of repression and resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico which documents paramilitary activity against indigenous communities in Oaxaca from 2002 through 2005. Also provides historical context for the expansion of capitalism and empire in Oaxaca. It is a call to action for international civil society to stand in solidarity against state sponsored repression and for human peace, dignity and justice, in Oaxaca.