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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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Chris Hani interview Chris Hani interview
Date: 5/29/1994Call Number: KP 046Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: African liberation movements
Chris Hani, South African freedom leader, is interviewed by Barbara Lubinski and Heber Dreher during a solidarity visit he made to the United States, just months before his assassination. Some drums and music. NOTE: an excerpt from this tape is on Roots of Resistance, Volume 1, highlights CD.
Winnie Mandela interview Winnie Mandela interview
Call Number: KP 045Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: African liberation movements
Winnie Mandela is interviewed on her political trajectory, discrimination she encountered, and the freedom struggle in South Africa. Speaks to her role both as a social worker and organizer with Black Women's Federation.
Julius Nyerere speech Julius Nyerere speech
Call Number: KP 077Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: African liberation movements
Julius Nyerere, the man who united the former Tanganyika Colony with the Zanzibar Protectorate to found the Republic of Tanzania, gives a speech about the historical relationship of the United States to Africa, citing its hypocritical support of segregationist South African dictatorships. He talks of the need for Africans to rule by justice, equality, and majority rule. He also welcomes President Carter’s pressure on South Africa.
Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team I Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team I
Date: 9/26/1981Call Number: V 292Format: UmaticProducers: WPIX TVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Corporate news footage of anti-Apartheid activists demonstating against the arrival in the US of the all-white South African Springbok rugby team. For similar footage, see V 293 and V 294. See V 295 for digital video of all three news reports.
Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team II Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team II
Date: 9/26/1981Call Number: V 293Format: UmaticProducers: ABC TVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Additional corporate news footage of anti-Apartheid activists demonstating against the arrival in the US of the all-white South African Springbok rugby team. For similar footage, see V 292 and V 294. See V 295 for digital video of all three news reports.
Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team III Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team III
Date: 9/26/1981Call Number: V 294Format: UmaticProducers: CBS TVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Additional corporate news footage of anti-Apartheid activists demonstating against the arrival in the US of the all-white South African Springbok rugby team. For similar footage, see V 292 and V 293. See V 295 for digital video of all three news reports.
Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team (Collected) Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Against South African Rugby Team (Collected)
Date: 9/26/1981Call Number: V 295Format: Mini DVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Same as V 292, V293, and V 294, collected in digital format. Corporate news footage of anti-Apartheid activists demonstating against the arrival in the US of the all-white South African Springbok rugby team.
Julius Nyerere speech Julius Nyerere speech
Call Number: CD 598Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Julius Nyerere, the man who united the former Tanganyika Colony with the Zanzibar Protectorate to found the Republic of Tanzania, gives a speech about the historical relationship of the US to Africa, citing its hypocritical support of segregationist South African dictatorships. He talks of the need for Africans to rule by justice, equality, and majority rule. He also welcomes President Carter’s pressure on South Africa.
Winnie Mandela interview Winnie Mandela interview
Call Number: CD 691Format: CDProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Winnie Mandela is interviewed on her political trajectory, discrimination she encountered, and the freedom struggle in South Africa. Speaks to her role both as a social worker and organizer with Black Women's Federation.
KPFA Program on Israel and South Africa KPFA Program on Israel and South Africa
Call Number: KP 531AFormat: 3 3/4 ips Side AProgram: KPFACollection: General materials
KPFA coverage: educational forum on general information about inequalities in South Africa/Israel. Broadcast draws parallels between Israel and South African apartheid, explains economic and ideological ties between the two regimes. Initial broadcast ends at 27:15; second half covers "roots of the Mideast conflict."