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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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The Force of Life The Force of Life
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 017Format: VinylProducers: Red Star Singers - Paredon RecordsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs focused on topical issues of the time, including the women's liberation movement, labor rights, the anti-war movement, and broader expressions of anti-imperialism. The Red Star singers formed in the Bay Area in 1971 as a songwriting collective aiming to communicate progressive social statements through music. Includes extensive liner notes.
Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: Vin 088Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In tribute to the "disappeared ones" of Chile's workers and poor population, this album would play an important role in the later political events in Chile. These songs are a denunciation of the Chilean government and are in dedication to the workers and "the fruits of their labor."
El Pueblo Unido: Quilapayun El Pueblo Unido: Quilapayun
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 094Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: General materials
Quilapayun's songs are political and social commentaries but draw inspiration from South American folklore and Andean Altiplano culture. They sing about the foreign domination of Chile's economy, about worker solidarity and their comrades killed or imprisoned by the ruling junta.
Justice. Do It Nike. Justice. Do It Nike.
Date: 5/31/1996Call Number: JG/ 161BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber reads excerpts from an article called “The Globe Trotting Sneaker” to talk about human rights and globalization. Justice. Do It Nike is a group that is fighting against inhumane treatment in Nike sweatshops in Indonesia and countries throughout South East Asia. Nike is not the only target of this campaign, low wages and labor exploitation is a problem associated with many American sports companies who export their jobs to places like Southeast Asia where they are free to ignore human and labor rights.