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

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference
Date: 11/1/1993Call Number: JG/ 030Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference in Durham, NC. Various speakers present on the Right and its agenda, violence, rhetoric and organizing tactics against it. Speakers include Jean Barstown from political research associates in Boston which does oppositional research about the right.
Speech by Malcolm X at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, 1964 Speech by Malcolm X at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, 1964
Date: 12/20/1964Call Number: KP 056Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Charles HobsonCollection: Malcolm X
Speech given at DNC about how some African countries won their independence through anger and violence. Black people must speak the language of the captors and recognize that what happens in Mississippi has nationwide impact. There is no difference between Northern and Southern Democrats because they work as a whole not as separate parts. Freedom is not something that is given to you, you must take it and Black people must be equipped to do that in the same way that others have done it in the past. Audio tape is cut off at the end.
Malcolm X Speaking Malcolm X Speaking
Date: 1/1/1964Call Number: Vin 054Producers: Ethnic Records, Malcolm XCollection: Malcolm X
A compilation of excerpts from speeches given by Malcolm X. The first speech compares the nonviolent protest method employed by the civil rights movement and the black militancy, or self-defense strategy of Black Power and the Nation of Islam. The second speech describes the role of the United Nations in the global black liberation movement. Side 2 includes three speeches about the Birmingham Sunday School Bombing, and more on black militancy and nationalism.
Harold Taylor on FSM Harold Taylor on FSM
Call Number: CE 782Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Academic Harold Taylor discusses the events and nature of the Free Speech Movement.
The Outlaw The Outlaw
Publisher: Prisoners UnionYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 3-3 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Articles include: Focus... Women, Arizona, Texarkana Murder, National Jailhouse Lawyers Association, Skin-Search Protest, Leavenworth Brothers, Poetry, Getting Out, Oklahoma, El Reno, To Die Behind Prison Walls, High Court Limits Prison Censorship
The Outlaw The Outlaw
Publisher: Prisoners UnionYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 3-4 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Cover Story: Minnesota Movin On!
Class Struggle vs. S.L..A. Terrorism: a Community Analysis Class Struggle vs. S.L..A. Terrorism: a Community Analysis
Publisher: Marxist Leninist Study groupFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article anaylzes the Symbionese Liberation Army from a communist perspective. It denounces the SLA and thinks that its form of terrorism is futile. The article suggests only a communist proletariat will bring about a revolution.
Senators Critical of Violence Study Senators Critical of Violence Study
Author: David PerlmanPublisher: San Francisco ChronicleDate: 5/31/1973Volume Number: 31-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Mental Health
Original Article