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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/15/1975Call Number: NI 060Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program primarily dedicated with poetry, music, and commentary to Black History Week. Also news of Cambodia, Menominee trial, Attica trials, San Quentin Six, Black Liberation Army arrest, Cultural Workers Front program held in San Francisco. Lots of poetry.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/15/1975Call Number: NI 103Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program primarily dedicated with poetry, music, and commentary of Black History Week. Also news of Cambodia, Menominee trial, Attica trials, San Quentin Six, Black Liberation Army arrest, Cultural Workers Front program held in San Francisco. Lots of poetry.
The Negro Writer in America -- Part 1 The Negro Writer in America -- Part 1
Call Number: CE 092Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Negro Writer in AmericaCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Documentary for "Project 95" of Canadian Broadcasting with actuality from the Negro Writers Congress in Asilomar, California on more general topic of race relations in US. Includes speeches, interviews, conversations and exchanges with audience.
The Negro Writer in America -- Part 2 The Negro Writer in America -- Part 2
Call Number: CE 093Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Negro Writer in AmericaCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Documentary for "Project 95" of Canadian Broadcasting with actuality from the Negro Writers Congress in Asilomar, California on more general topic of race relations in US. Includes speeches, interviews, conversations and exchanges with audience.
Black Writers Speak Out: Forum for the Views of Negro Writers Black Writers Speak Out: Forum for the Views of Negro Writers
Date: 1/1/1964Call Number: CE 498Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Radio Journalist Collin Edwards facilitates a discussion on post-Civil Rights disillusionment with African American writers Ossie Davis, LeRoi Jones, Arna Bontemp and Horace Cayton. The writers discuss the relationship of African Americans to the current sociopolitical consciousness. Also discussed are communism and socialism in relationship to African Americans, the current work force and a growing technological and automated society.