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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.
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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.
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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Rima Tarazi on the Intifada Rima Tarazi on the Intifada
Call Number: JG/ 137BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Discusses women’s role in the intifada, the changing nature of the struggle as “daily life becomes more and more politicized,” and the importance of family and community to Palestinians. Describes how “the intifada is a positive expression of the will of the people to establish an independent state…to confirm and re-affirm our own identity.”
Audition tape for Colin D. Edwards featuring interviews with: Meurig Parry, R.L. Clutterbuck, Miss Bernadette Dorris Audition tape for Colin D. Edwards featuring interviews with: Meurig Parry, R.L. Clutterbuck, Miss Bernadette Dorris
Call Number: CE 489Volume Number: N/AFormat: CassetteCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews on British presence in Northern Ireland, as well as opinion pieces on the Lebanese Civil War. Interviews contain information on British soldiers against the war, Urban Guerilla warfare in Northern Ireland, and the experiences of an Irish Catholic citizen in Belfast. Opinion pieces discuss the role of Christians in the Lebanese civil war and in Palestine.
Leila Khaled Hijacker Leila Khaled Hijacker
Call Number: V 627Format: DVDProducers: TussilagoCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The 29th of August 1969 Palestinian Leila Khaled became the first woman in the world to hijack an airplane. She was only 24 years old. She fascinated a whole world and every news reporter wanted to meet her. No one knew this was only the beginning.
CBS News Broadcast - Conflict in the Middle East CBS News Broadcast - Conflict in the Middle East
Call Number: KP 514Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
Recording of a general news broadcast containing information on the conflict between Israeli and Palestinian armies (including accounts of the Liberty Ship bombing, and the condition of Palestinian lands). Additionally, information on the Egyptian military's role in the conflict and brief updates on Syrian defense.
Break the Silence Mural Project Break the Silence Mural Project
Call Number: FI 265Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Wide-ranging Interview with four Jewish women muralists who went to Palestine (West Bank, Ramallah, Bir Zeit) and created murals with Palestinian artists and youth in solidarity with the struggle of the people of Palestine. The four artists are Miranda Bergman, Susan Greene, Dina Redman, and Marlene Tobias.
Tragedy in the Holy: The Second Uprising Tragedy in the Holy: The Second Uprising
Call Number: V 746Format: VHSProducers: Dennis MuelerCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This documentary addresses the core issues of land and identity - It probes the evolution of the seemingly incurable conflict in Palestine from a historic perspective that is typically unknown to American audiences.
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 2-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Anti-imperialist struggle sharpening; PFOC self-criticism p. 1 - Palestine will win! P. 8 -I declare (poem by Mahmoud Darweesh) p. 23 - IWY Houston new stage of struggle p. 24 - notes from an Afrikan POW journal by New Afrikan Prisoners Organization p. 37 - Press statement by the African People's Socialist Party p. 52 - Free the L.A. Five p. 54 - speech by Angel Rodriquez Cristobal of Liga Socialist Puertorriquena, Chicago, 1978 p. 65 - Armed Struggle and Revolution p. 71 - Gotta be Strong (poem) p. 84 - Join in Solidarity with the German R.A.F. p. 86
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1994Volume Number: Vol. 18-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Defend Democracy in Cuba, Restore Democracy to Haiti p. 1 - Eritrea, Dawn, Les Gottesman and Frank Duhl p. 3 - Red Light, Green Light: the Global Trafficking of Women, Judith Mirkinson p. 10 - Palestine: Reflections on a Besieged Homeland, Elias A. Rashmawi p. 16 - It's Hard to Forget...the Pain of Apartheid Still Lingers On, and I Can't Stop Crying, Simon Nkoli p. 23 - Contested Ground: the Struggle for Democracy in Burma, Alan Senauke p. 25 - Waiting Out the Storm: Haiti's Season of Terror, interview with Pierre Labossiere, commentary by Timothy Pershing, Nancy Laleua, Max Blanchet p. 32 - Cry Till Day: African Women Confront Violence, Elsa Gebreyesus p. 41 - Stolen Island: Hawai'i Demands Sovereignty, Kekuni Blaisdell p. 47 - GATT: The Great Global Rip-off, excerpts from The Uruguay Round and Third World Sovereignty, Mrtin Khor p. 50 - Message from Chiapas, documents from the Zapatista Natinoal Liberation Army (EZLN) p. 56 - AIDS in the World: a Global Report, reviewed by David Gilbert p. 60 - Write Through the Walls p. 64
Journal of Palestine Studies Issue 11 Journal of Palestine Studies Issue 11
Publisher: The Institute for Palestine Studies and Kuwait UniversityYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 3-3 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
To be a Palestinian; Zionism and American Jewry; Herzl's Journeys in Palestine and Egypt; Arab Youth in Israel- Their Situation and Status Perceptions; International Law and the Palestine-Israel Dispute; Palestinian Rights- The International Definition; National Stereotypes and the Conflict; The Fall of Western Galilee 1948; more.
Journal of Palestine Studies Issue 12 Journal of Palestine Studies Issue 12
Publisher: The Institute for Palestine Studies and Kuwait UniversityYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 3-4 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
Palestine's Arab Population; Rush to Annexation- Israel in Jerusalem; Zionist Land- The Jewish National Fund; After October- Military Conflict and Political Change in the Middle East; The Bible and Zionist Colonialism; more.