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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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Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: 5 year memorial for George Jackson Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: 5 year memorial for George Jackson
Date: 8/21/1976Call Number: PM 011Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: George Jackson
Barbara Lubinski and Heber Dreher with 5 year memorial program to George Jackson, their voices, statement from Marilyn Buck, read by Barbara Lubinski, includes Otto René Castillo poem recited by Barbara Lubinski, Heber Dreher lists political prisoners, inserts of Georgia Jackson with music. NOTE: Says R/R #1 on box, so there may be another. Poor at start, improves, then SQUEAKS, then back to music. Quality uneven.
Interview with Oscar Collazo Interview with Oscar Collazo
Date: 10/10/1976Call Number: PM 048Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Breakthrough
Interview of Oscar Collazo by the Prison Law Project of Chicago in October 1976.
Africa Reports and "Roots." Africa Reports and "Roots."
Date: 2/3/1976Call Number: FI 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Internews report by Steve Talbot on Zimbabwe, OAU troops proposal, South African ANC arrests. Street interviews on TV program of "Roots." Native American struggle and women's trials news.
International Hotel and San Quentin Six International Hotel and San Quentin Six
Date: 4/15/1976Call Number: FI 002Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Fight to keep International Hotel open, San Francisco city strike, Mafundi (of Inmates for Action) on Dodson & Dobbins case, and report on San Quentin 6.
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.
Women Against Rape, San Quentin, the PLO Women Against Rape, San Quentin, the PLO
Date: 5/15/1976Call Number: FI 007Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Strong anti-rape message and summary of cases of women on trial for self-defense against it. Mark Schwartz report on grand jury used against San Quentin prisoners. Historical summary of Zionism and Palestinian struggle for national liberation, speech in NY by member of Executive Committee of the PLO.
Attica Five Years After Attica Five Years After
Date: 9/14/1976Call Number: PM 148Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: David Levine, Richard HarrisCollection: Attica
Attica: Five Years After speaks of the injustices that led up to the Attica rebellion as well as those that occurred in its aftermath. Includes clips from the days surrounding the Attica rebellion, but is mostly the accounts of inmates, guards and lawyers five years after the assault. Accounts given of how the prison had changed, the investigation of the rebellion and how trials were conducted. Shows Rockefeller’s role in how the events of the rebellion took place as well as the investigations afterward. Interview with Dacejiwieah (John Hill) , the only man convicted in connection to the Attica Rebellion and who was sentenced to 20 years to life. Includes the Manifesto of the Inmates of Attica State Prison read by LD Barkley. Interview with Ron Wert (president of the officers union Local 1040) and Wayne Cure. Interview with Lynn Carson, a member of the jury that tried Shango (Bernard Strobble).
Puerto Rico and Bicentennial Puerto Rico and Bicentennial
Date: 4/7/1976Call Number: FI 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Alfredo Lopez of Puerto Rican Socialist Party on U.S. economic attacks and racist attacks on poor and people of color, especially in context of coming Bicentennial celebration, political and military defeats by national liberation struggles, call for national unity of progressive movements.
Assata Shakur Trial Assata Shakur Trial
Date: 4/21/1976Call Number: FI 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom is a constant struggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Summary of COINTELPRO followed by information on Assata Shakur case including interview with one of her attorneys, Lewis Myers, on her mistreatment by judicial system and on FBI attacks, surveillance of all their communications, jail conditions and treatment.
Protest Against Nazis in San Francisco Protest Against Nazis in San Francisco
Date: 5/5/1976Call Number: FI 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Nazis come to SF school board, police attack anti-nazi folks and arrest them. Attacks on integration by Nazis, Yvonne Golden, teacher who organized against them is arrested. Jerome, African American ex-prisoner, on multinational organizing against unfair inhuman prison conditions and KKK guards. Info and song on Deacons for Defense and Justice.