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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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Madame Binh entreats US Congress Madame Binh entreats US Congress
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Madame Binh expresses the whole of Vietnam's wish to be liberated from American aggression.
Leila Khaled On Liberation and Freedom Leila Khaled On Liberation and Freedom
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Leila Khaled (also Layla Khalid), long-time activist and Central Committee member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), speaks on the right to resist and fight for her people's liberation.
Radio report of Lolita's arrest in 1954, including her statement Radio report of Lolita's arrest in 1954, including her statement
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Interview with Lebron after her arrest for the shooting of US Congressman Alvin Bentley in 1954.
Dolores Huerta says Vote! Dolores Huerta says Vote!
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesFormat: mp3Collection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Dolores C. Huerta is the co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO ("UFW"). The mother of 11 children, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Dolores has played a major roll in the American civil rights movement. In 1955, she was a founding member of the Stockton, CA chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO), a grass-roots organization started by Fred Ross, Sr. The CSO battled segregation and police brutality, led voter registration drives, pushed for improved public services and fought to enact new legislation. Recognizing the needs of farm workers, while working for the CSO, Dolores organized and founded the Agricultural Workers Association in 1960. She became a fearless lobbyist in Sacramento, and in 1961 succeeded in obtaining the citizenship requirements removed from pension, and public assistance programs. She also was instrumental in passage of legislation allowing voters the right to vote in Spanish, and the right of individuals to take the driver’s license examination in their native language. In 1962 she lobbied in Washington DC for an end to the "captive labor" Bracero Program.
Waiting Waiting
Author: Mumia Abu-JamalPublisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Mumia Abu-Jamal on the intense isolation and sense of waiting on death row.
Cesar Chavez on the Exploitation of Farm Workers Cesar Chavez on the Exploitation of Farm Workers
Collection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927–April 23, 1993) was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate. In 1968, Chavez gained attention as leader of a nationwide boycott of California table grapes in a drive to achieve labor contracts.
Judy Bari on the Timber Workers Judy Bari on the Timber Workers
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Charismatic environmental and social justice leader Judi Bari was born November 7, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland. Judi was a fighter and organizer for many social and environmental justice causes. The common denominator was her indignation over injustice, whether in the form of war, racism, sexism, political repression, economic exploitation, or the unnecessary destruction of ecosystems. Here she speaks on building a rapport with timber workers.
Wild Poppies Wild Poppies
Author: Marilyn BuckPublisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Buck recites her poem, "Wild Poppies". This audio was featured on La Luche Continua/The Struggle Continues Talking Mural project, as well as the CD, "Wild Poppies". Marilyn Buck is a poet, activist and an anti-imperialist political prisoner. She began her anti-racist activism as a teen in Texas, organized against the war in Vietnam, and joined SDS and S. F. Newsreel. She fought for the self-determination for all people, and she aligned herself with the Black Liberation Movement. In 1973 she was convicted of purchasing two boxes of handgun ammunition and was given a ten year sentence. After serving four years in Federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia, she was granted a furlough and did not return. The following eight years she was underground.
Patrice Lumumba Speaks Patrice Lumumba Speaks
Collection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now Congo (Kinshasa)] and was killed on January 1961, in the Katanga province. He was an African nationalist leader and the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June -- September 1960). Forced out of office during a political crisis, he was assassinated a short time later.
Maurice Bishop at Hunter College Maurice Bishop at Hunter College
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
An excerpt from Maurice Bishop's speech at Hunter College, 5 June, 1983. Maurice Bishop was the Prime Minister of Grenada from March 1979 until October 1983 when he was executed at Fort Rupert.