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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

South Africa/Chris Hani South Africa/Chris Hani
Date: 4/28/1991Call Number: KN 008Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Chris HaniCollection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Press conference in SF with Chris Hani of the ANC
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 15-1 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
George Bush and the Last Crusade; The Anti Feminist Mystique: Men R Back; Interview with Hungary's Feminist Newwork: Starting from Absolute Zero; Glimpses of South Africa, August 1990; War of Words: Language, Colonialism and English Only; Malcolm X Speaks in the 1990s: Declaration of the African-American Delegation to Symposium in Havana; Femininity: What's it to You?; A Golden Cage: Dora Maria Tellez Talks About Women and Men in Nicaragua; Free Mumia Abu Jamal: An Open Letter from the Black Cultural Workshop, Lompoc Federal Penitentiary; Spanish Political Prisoners: Hunger Strike, One Year Later; CIPES on El Salvador; Write Through the Walls
The Nuclear Resister The Nuclear Resister
Publisher: The Nuclear ResisterYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 76 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-War
Inside this Issue: Anzus Peace Force Plowshares; Nuclear Resistance 1990; Test Site Arrests; Prison Addresses; Future Actions; Subscription info; more.
Attica Anniversary Program in Bay Area Attica Anniversary Program in Bay Area
Date: 9/13/1991Call Number: PM 086AFormat: Cass AProgram: Attica anniversary event, not for radioCollection: Attica
This tape in a recording of the 20th Attica anniversary event held in San Francisco. Bobby Castillo speaks on Native American and African American solidarity within the National Liberation movement, and the Movimento Liberacion Nacional (MLN) marching on Washington that week. Attorney. Bob Bloom gives an update on the Geronimo Pratt case. Dharuba Bin Wahad, s.n. Richard Moore, gives a talk on the history of national liberation struggle, including the Black Liberation Army, Attica, San Quentin and Cointelpro.
Interviews on Gay and Lesbian Rights legislation Interviews on Gay and Lesbian Rights legislation
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: PM 086BFormat: Cass BProgram: pre-story interviewsCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Over the phone interview with a man from Concord with the last name Whitsell. Mr. Whitsell became involved with the Human Relations Commission of Concord, CA after Timothy Lee, a young gay black man, was found hung in the Concord BART in 1987. He discusses the Commission, failed the AIDS ordinance, and successful Gay and Lesbian Rights ordinance. There is another interview with a gay student from Clark Kerr College on the verbal assault he faced from the football team and the harassment other students in the gay community faced.
Lesbian Live: Lesbians of Color, Triple Jeopardy, Multiple Strength Lesbian Live: Lesbians of Color, Triple Jeopardy, Multiple Strength
Date: 6/1/1991Call Number: JG/ 032Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
"Lesbian Live: Lesbians of Color, Triple Jeopardy, Multiple Strength" This show was put together by Judy Gerber and includes the voices of Latina, African American and Native American women.
Juanita Nelson on racism Juanita Nelson on racism
Date: 2/23/1991Call Number: SS 001AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Juanita Nelson is a 40-year tax resister and talks about racism, taxes and resistance.
Interview with Ruth Cadwalater Interview with Ruth Cadwalater
Date: 4/18/1991Call Number: SS 105BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Ruth Cadwalater on Thailand.
Interview with Ron Sinoway Interview with Ron Sinoway
Date: 7/3/1991Call Number: SS 137AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Ron Sinoway about the legal and ecomonic issues of the anti-marijuana campaign in Northern California.
Interview with Louise Bennally Interview with Louise Bennally
Date: 8/3/1991Call Number: SS 137BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Louise Bennally on the Dineh Native American Elder and defender of traditional Dineh in Big Mountain, AZ.