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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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Angolan music and poems/KPFA program on injustices of the US government Angolan music and poems/KPFA program on injustices of the US government
Date: 1/3/1976Call Number: AFR 084Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Nothing Is More Precious Than... ProgramCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Poetry and revolutionary Angolan music. Wounded Knee Massacre and countless atrocities against Native Americans.
A Defiant Heart: U.S. role in Peru A Defiant Heart: U.S. role in Peru
Date: 6/1/1993Call Number: JG/ 091Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Reading of articles about the situation in Peru between both armed and peaceable opposition movements and the Fujimori government, including the U.S. role in the conflict. David Wilson of the Nica Network in New York condemns the Sandero Luminoso, a violent communist opposition group committing human rights violations. Wilson notes however, that the situation is very complex because U.S. foreign policies conflict with the will of the peaceable mass opposition movement to the Fujimori government. Abemal Guzman declares the United States the main terrorist force in the hemisphere.
Mexican Election and Beyond (Part 1) Mexican Election and Beyond (Part 1)
Date: 11/17/1994Call Number: CV 052Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A panel of academic and political representatives from the United States and Mexico exchange ideas, stimulate discussion and debate the 1994 Mexican election. Includes the electoral results and issues of political legitimacy, building a modern, competitive and open political party system, racism, injustice, human rights violations, NAFTA, indigenous uprising, declining education rate, increasing unemployment rate and more.
Mexico Elections and Beyond (Part 2) Mexico Elections and Beyond (Part 2)
Date: 11/17/1994Call Number: CV 053Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Part 2 continues the panel's discussion on the outcome of the 1994 election in Mexico. Bilingual
Berrigan Raps: Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J. Berrigan Raps: Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: Vin 074Format: VinylProducers: CaedmonCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Father Berrigan is recorded giving a sermon from the underground, talks about America political and social issues, and reads his poetry. Included also is a interview with Marc Weiss at Cornell in April 1, 1970. Topics include the Vietnam war, drugs, poverty and US government.