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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.
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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The New York 3 The New York 3
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: V 102Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Explains the case of the New York 3, jalil Muntaqim, Nuh Washington and Herman Bell in the context of the history of the Black Panther Party, the Black Liberation Army, FBIs Cointelpro program designed to destroy the Black liberation movement. Aside from the prisoners’ voices are interviews with Safiya Bukhari, of the Jericho Amnesty Movement and a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member (as well as a former political prisoner and prisoner of war) and attorney Brian Glick, talking about Cointelpro and the FBI.
El Salvador In Focus El Salvador In Focus
Date: 10/5/1989Call Number: LA 103Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Radio El FarbeCollection: El Salvador
Salvadorian defense minister rejects Talia accord. No Negotiations between the Christiani Government and the FLMN. National UNTS union of workers demands negotiations based on human rights violations.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/1/1989Call Number: LA 111Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Arena Government escalates repression targeting civilians as well as the FMLN. Aerial bombings and ground troop attacks on villages increase in frequency and severity. The FMLN lift their voluntary cease fire in response to the government and military violence. On September 18 the National trade Union of Salvadoran Workers (FINASTRAS) held a protest march in San Salvador demanding the release of union organizers in government custody. Police attacked the protesters with tear gas and beatings. Those arrested reported being tortured. Eight women reported being raped by the police in jail. Meanwhile, In Washington D.C. The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to increase military aid to El Salvador.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/6/1989Call Number: LA 118AFormat: Cass AProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Wounded FMLN combatants are evacuated to Cuba, an action seen as a diplomatic victory for FMLN and defeat for the Christiai Government. In response, the government increases repression of civilians across the country, targeting workers, peasants, and religious organizations. The FMLN ends a 10-day cease fire and launches their largest offensive to date on September 25. On October 2 Christiani addresses the United Nations General Assembly. His words contradict many of the actions his government has been taking against poor people in El Salvador.
The Student Movement in China The Student Movement in China
Date: 6/12/1989Call Number: JG/ 126BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Just PeaceCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A Chinese PhD student at Emory University talks about the student movement in China, its misrepresentations in the mainstream press and its struggle against the repression and corruption in China.
Conference for a Deomcratic Future Conference for a Deomcratic Future
Date: 12/1989Volume Number: DecemberFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa
This booklet is intended to serve as a report-back to those organizations which were party to the Conference for a Democratic Future (CDF). The CDF was a historic gathering of the forces for change represented by 4600 delegates from over 2100 organizations.