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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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David Gilbert Interview David Gilbert Interview
Date: 7/31/1998Call Number: V 036Format: VHSProducers: Sam GreenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
David Gilbert interviewed at Great Meadows Prison in New York about his political history and development as an anti racist, anti sexist, anti imperialist person. Includes commentary on the development of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society), the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party (BPP), Black Liberation Army (BLA), COINTELPRO and many other issues from the 60s forward. VHS copy of DV camera originals, Part 1
David Gilbert Interview David Gilbert Interview
Date: 7/31/1998Call Number: V 037Format: VHSProducers: Sam GreenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
David Gilbert interviewed at Great Meadows Prison in New York about his political history and development as an anti racist, anti sexist, anti imperialist person. Includes commentary on the development of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society), the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party (BPP), Black Liberation Army (BLA), COINTELPRO and many other issues from the 60s forward. VHS copy of DV camera originals, Part 2
Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt - 7 of 10 Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt - 7 of 10
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: V 251Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa Rudman, Judy GerberCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Filmed in San Quentin Prison. Comments on Vietnam, Martin Luther King, police as occupiers and the concept of self defense and similarity of the war against the Vietnamese people and the racism and resistance in the Black community. He also talks about prison isolation and meditation. Camera originals.
Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 1 Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 1
Date: 7/23/2011Call Number: CD 764Format: DVDCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Memorial to mark the passing of Geronimo ji Jaga in Agape Church, Los Angeles.
Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 2 Geronimo ji Jaga Memorial - 2
Date: 7/23/2011Call Number: CD 765Format: DVDCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Memorial to mark the passing of Geronimo ji Jaga in Agape Church, Los Angeles.
Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt (#3) Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt (#3)
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: C 10 110Format: DV CamProducers: Lisa Rudman, Judy GerberCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Filmed in San Quentin Prison. Comments on Vietnam, Martin Luther King, police as occupiers and the concept of self defense and similarity of the war against the Vietnamese peole and the racism and resistance in the Black community. He also talks about prison isolation and meditation. Comments on international struggles, South Africa, Black solidarity in the U.S.. Additional remarks about Revolutionary nationalism, New Africans, the importance of a land base for the Black nation, how the Black liberation movement is thinking about drugs and violence in Black communities as well as establishing community and family values.
Marilyn Buck - a Tribute Marilyn Buck - a Tribute
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Marilyn Buck
Marilyn talks about how she grew into her won as a revolutionary, her experience in the anti-Vietnam and Black Liberation movements. She speaks to the revolutionary state where everyone has the right to their own culture, land, and means of production, and how the liberation of women is intrinsically tied to the liberation of all nations.