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

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah State Reports- Liberty Hall Report Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah State Reports- Liberty Hall Report
Date: 9/2/1972Call Number: LA 019Format: CassetteCollection: Xican@
“Una cosa que se es que muchos vamos a morir, pero muchos vamos a ganar!” What makes Raza Unida a necessary imperative that we participate in politics, but not through the Democratic or Republican Party “ porque no lo debemos ni madres a los dos!”
Two Party Monopoly - Michael parenti Two Party Monopoly - Michael parenti
Call Number: CV 169BFormat: Cass BProducers: Maria GilardinProgram: TUC RadioCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Michael Parenti discusses the shortcomings of the US electoral system and the two major political parties.
Radio Democracy- Justice for the Few- Michael Parenti Radio Democracy- Justice for the Few- Michael Parenti
Call Number: CV 164BFormat: Cass BProducers: Maria GilardinProgram: TUC RadioCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Michael Parenti weighs street crime against white collar crime, arguing that the rich corporate executives are the real criminals, rather than perpetrators of street violence who occupy the jail cells
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah State Reports- Liberty Hall Report Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah State Reports- Liberty Hall Report
Date: 9/2/1972Call Number: CD 829Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
“Una cosa que se es que muchos vamos a morir, pero muchos vamos a ganar!” What makes Raza Unida a necessary imperative that we participate in politics, but not through the Democratic or Republican Party “ porque no lo debemos ni madres a los dos!”