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

George Jackson Memorial George Jackson Memorial
Date: 8/21/1976Call Number: FI 043Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinksi, Heber Dreher, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
This program marks the 5th anniversary of the assassination of George Jackson. Includes his mother Georgia Jackson and reports on Ingleside police shooting and Weather Underground bombing and communiqué.
Kathleen Cleaver with Kiilu Nyasha Kathleen Cleaver with Kiilu Nyasha
Date: 8/25/1994Call Number: KN 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: interview for airCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Struggle By Kathleen Cleaver to represent Geronimo Ji Jaga at his parole hearing, Geronimo's case, COINTELPRO
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 9/13/1975Call Number: NI 036Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program that is centered on the second anniversary of the coup in Chile and the fourth anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion. Chile section features actuality of Salvador Allende speech at UN, Pete Seeger on Victor Jara. Attica section features actuality of Frank Smith, William Kunstler, Amiri Baraka and several unnamed prisoners on Attica conditions, the rebellion, and the state's brutal response. Program also includes updates on repression at Wounded Knee and against the American Indian Movement, and an update on the San Quentin 6 trial. Bruce Solloway reports on Attica trials and solidarity events (including Amiri Baraka talk in Buffalo), then Claude Marks/Lincoln Bergman mix of Attica actuality. Note: Some of the Attica actuality used on Freedom Archives “Prisons on Fire” CD.
The San Quentin Six The San Quentin Six
Date: 6/17/1974Call Number: PM 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious Than/SpecialCollection: San Quentin Six
Update on civil suit filed against California prison system by the San Quentin 6. Program features background on the 6 as well as George Jackson. Actuality of Jackson, Fania Jordan, Johnny Larry Spain, James “Doc” Holiday, Luis “Bato” Talamantez, Hugo Pinell, Michael Burgener, Fleeta Drumgo, and David Johnson. Ends with Johnny Cash song denouncing San Quentin.
Ruchell Magee & Fleeta Drumgo case Ruchell Magee & Fleeta Drumgo case
Date: 3/10/1973Call Number: PM 016Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Mark SchwartzProgram: Real DragonCollection: Ruchell Magee
Mark Schwartz on Magee/ Drumgo legal decision.
Ruchell Magee Case Ruchell Magee Case
Call Number: PM 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: interview for airCollection: Ruchell Magee
Lincoln Bergman interview with Sandy Close, detailed discussion of early part of case.
San Quentin 6: Lincoln Bergman narrative only, tells story well, but actuality not there San Quentin 6: Lincoln Bergman narrative only, tells story well, but actuality not there
Call Number: PM 018Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: San Quentin 6Collection: San Quentin Six
Lincoln Bergman narrative for San Quentin 6 program, intro possible use, the last insert is excellent!
San Quentin 6 inserts San Quentin 6 inserts
Call Number: PM 019Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: San Quentin 6 insertsCollection: San Quentin Six
Roland Young reads stories of San Quentin 6 defendants; excellent description of George Jackson’s influence on fellow prisoners.
San Quentin Six San Quentin Six
Date: 3/12/2000Call Number: PM 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Mark Schwartz, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon, assorted insertsCollection: San Quentin Six
An incredible array of inserts. San Quentin 6 (with Cleaver in Paris and a former prisoner on the first Soledad 3 murder case), Bob Barber on Olga Talamantez case, Ossie Davis recites Frederick Douglass on struggle, Attica trial with William Kunstler, who recites poem (Bury My heart at Wounded Knee). Paper inside box has notes on inserts,
Report on the Deaths at San Quentin Report on the Deaths at San Quentin
Date: 8/27/1971Call Number: PM 025Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Pacifica reportCollection: George Jackson
A documentary on assassination of George Jackson aftermath at San Quentin, with mostly actuality of staff, district attorney, and visiting legislators on 8/21/71 and prison conditions as of 8/27/71.