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

Assata Shakur and Wendy Yoshimura Assata Shakur and Wendy Yoshimura
Date: 1/15/1977Call Number: FI 060Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Case of Wendy Yoshimura, case of Assata Shakur, Susan Saxe poem on political prisoners, Barbara Lubinski poem on death of Black young man in prison, Steve Talbot reports on South Africa and Africa News report on the Transkei, ending with Gary Gilmore and other death penalty related cases.
San Quentin Six-2 San Quentin Six-2
Date: 8/14/1976Call Number: FI 026Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber Dreher, Mark SchwartzProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
San Quentin Six verdict. Bill and Emily Harris conviction. Rape, SF Board of Supervisors demonstration.
Abortion Issues Abortion Issues
Date: 11/13/1976Call Number: FI 030Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lead story on US government actions to make abortion more difficult. Readings of statements from Susan Saxe for her trial on political bank appropriation charges.
Demonstration for Leonard Peltier and Bus Boycott Remembered Demonstration for Leonard Peltier and Bus Boycott Remembered
Date: 12/4/1977Call Number: FI 096Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Barbara Lubinski reports from DC on Native American demonstration at FBI, against extradition of Leonard Peltier from Canada. Includes two taped messages of Peltier from prison. Report on Taiwan arrests and demonstration in San Francisco. International news roundup: Vietnam, Mexico peasant uprisings. Coretta Scott King on Montgomery Bus Boycott.