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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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Interviews with Maria Cecilia Santos and Millie Thayer Interviews with Maria Cecilia Santos and Millie Thayer
Call Number: SS 040BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interviews with Maria Cecilia Santos and Millie Thayer about women in Brazil.
Inside the CIA, On Company Business, Part 2-Assassination Inside the CIA, On Company Business, Part 2-Assassination
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 085Format: VHSProducers: Howard Dratch, Allan FrancovichCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Testimony of former agents, archival footage, first-hand accounts of victims of CIA-backed torture, and other interviews reveal CIA’s mode of operation as well as its goals in Latin America. Goes into depth on subversion of labor movements. Also intervention in Brazil in particular as well as Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Mentions Chile and others targets of CIA.
Clips from “Inside the CIA, Parts 1 & 2” Clips from “Inside the CIA, Parts 1 & 2”
Date: 10/24/2002Call Number: CD 021Format: CDProducers: Howard Dratch, Allan FrancovichCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Quotes that illuminate how the CIA operates, what it has done all over the Third World.
African American historians discuss the African tradition and history in the United States. African American historians discuss the African tradition and history in the United States.
Call Number: AFR 040Format: Cass A & BProducers: WBAIProgram: WBAI African Liberation Day Special ProgramCollection: Africa- General Resources
A WBAI radio program recorded in 1997. African Historian John Henrik Clarke, Historian and Temple University African American Studies Professor Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, and Syracuse University African American Studies Professor Horace Campbell discuss the African tradition and history in the United States. They speak about the forced migration of Africans to America, the history and injustices of slavery and the development of African consciousness.
The history of the slave trade The history of the slave trade
Call Number: AFR 056Format: Cass A & BProducers: WBAI RadioProgram: WBAI Special Premium: “Spirits of the Passage”Collection: Africa- General Resources
Historian John Henrik Clarke reads Madeline Burnside’s book “Spirits of the Passage”. The recording begins with a background history of slavery in the world, and of the slave trade. Clarke, author of the book “Critical Lessons of Slavery and the Slave Trade”, speaks on the slave trade in its historical context. Professor of African American history at Howard University, Olive Taylor, explains how the slave trade has had an impact on dancing, and she also discusses international law and the slave trade. Ali Mazrui, creator of the PBS TV series “The Africans”, discusses modern day slavery in Sudan. Side B is a continuation of Side A, with Mazrui speaking about South Africa, Brazil, and the Arab world’s involvement in the slave trade and racial categories.
Latin American Report: Repression in Brazil Latin American Report: Repression in Brazil
Date: 5/25/1971Call Number: KP 043Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Hal LevinProgram: Latin American ReportCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Fred Goff of NACLA on repression in Brazil.
Noticiero Ahora with Michael Scott Noticiero Ahora with Michael Scott
Call Number: CV 110Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Michael Scott about the 1994 elections in Brazil and the drive to register Brazilian voters in the United States. Scott talks about the extreme disparity between the rich and poor in Brazil and the two candidates: Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Scott also discusses the tampering of Brazilian currency, the Real Plan, to support the conservative Cardoso.
Guatemala, Brazil, Carlos Muñoz Guatemala, Brazil, Carlos Muñoz
Date: 7/29/1993Call Number: CV 120Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Caius Brandaõ and Jose de Souza from the National Street Children Movement in Brazil talk about the death squad killings of street children in Brazil's cities and the movements in the new "civil society" to counter violence. Amilcar Mendez, founder of The Council of Ethnic Communities Runujel Junam, talks about the violence and deprivation of civil and human rights in Guatemala. Carlos Muñoz talks about the importance of KPFA and Pacifica Radio as a voice standing in the face of "new McCarthyism."
Interview with John Kritch Interview with John Kritch
Date: 7/20/1993Call Number: CV 174AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About his travels in Brazil, to study indigenous music for his book, "Why is this Country Dancing?"
South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and Brazil Liberation Interviews South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and Brazil Liberation Interviews
Call Number: CE 025Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Mishek Myongo, a Vice-President of SWAPO, on armed struggle in Namibia. Miguel Arrias of Brazil, former governor of Pernambuco state, now spokesman for Brazilian Information Front.