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.

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A Memorial for Attorney William Kunstler A Memorial for Attorney William Kunstler
Date: 4/26/1992Call Number: V 155Format: VHSProducers: WBAICollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Attorney William Kunstler speaks to the Palestine Solidarity Rally at John Jay High School, April 26, 1992.
For the Children of Palestine For the Children of Palestine
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: KP 051Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Palestine
Event held for the children of Palestine - poets and writers express support for Palestine. Topics include child abuse, corrupt political power, self censorship, children in wartime, the masculine ideal, hunger, lost freedoms, displacement, and military brutalization. Issues are addressed through spoken word, poetry, stories, and songs.
USS Liberty Incident Part 1 USS Liberty Incident Part 1
Date: 1/29/1992Call Number: CE 666Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: USS Liberty 1Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Commentaries by Colin Edwards on the USS Liberty incident, in which the Israeli military attacked a US ship on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War killing 34 crew members, wounding 171. Israel later apologized, claiming it was a mistake. These 1992 commentaries raise serious questions about this claim as additional evidence of a cover up emerged.
USS Liberty Incident Part 2 USS Liberty Incident Part 2
Date: 1/29/1992Call Number: CE 667Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: USS Liberty 2Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Second set of commentaries by Colin Edwards on the USS Liberty incident, in which the Israeli military attacked a US ship on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War killing 34 crew members, wounding 171. Israel later apologized, claiming it was a mistake. These 1992 commentaries raise serious questions about this claim as additional evidence of a cover up emerged.
USS Liberty Incident Part 3 USS Liberty Incident Part 3
Date: 1/29/1992Call Number: CE 668Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: USS Liberty 3Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Third set of commentaries by Colin Edwards on the USS Liberty incident, in which the Israeli military attacked a US ship on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War killing 34 crew members, wounding 171. Israel later apologized, claiming it was a mistake. These 1992 commentaries raise serious questions about this claim as additional evidence of a cover up emerged.