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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.

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Puerto Rico status Puerto Rico status
Date: 9/9/1989Call Number: JG/ 003Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
ACLA show, Just Peace Today Program, Bill Crossman from the Free PR committee on upcoming US government referendum on PR's status.
El Salvador: Guadalupe Gonzales from the FMLN/ FDR  speaks El Salvador: Guadalupe Gonzales from the FMLN/ FDR speaks
Date: 9/8/1989Call Number: JG/ 036AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Guadalupe Gonzales from the FMLN/ FDR speaks on the 9/7/'89 announcement that the FMLN wants to sit down with ARENA Pres. Cristiani for peace negotiations. Judy Gerber reads a NACLA interview w/ ARENA Colonel Juan Zapata, Zapata in ARENA's vice minister of defense, he defines the FMLN as terrorists.
Interview with Dave Dellinger Interview with Dave Dellinger
Date: 5/2/1993Call Number: SS 144Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dave Dellinger on his book about the elder and activist of the nonviolent peace and justice movement.
Plenary on Family Plenary on Family
Call Number: SS 015Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
A session from a conference.
Interview with Dr. K. Mathews Interview with Dr. K. Mathews
Call Number: SS 054Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dr. K. Mathews at the Conference of Seeking the True Meaning of Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is researching at the University of Oxford focusing on the refugee issue in Africa.
Peace Fair in Zimbabwe Peace Fair in Zimbabwe
Call Number: SS 060AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with a activist from the women's movement in Zimbabwe at the Peace Fair, which commemorates the August 6th, 1945 atomic bomb dropping in Hiroshima. Also discussed: the women's movement and anti-nuclear movement in Zimbabwe. (first 2/3 of the tape is blank and the last 1/3 is the interview)
Peace by Piece: Youth Take Action Peace by Piece: Youth Take Action
Date: 5/14/2001Call Number: V 055Format: VHSProducers: Green Fire ProductionsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A compilation of the stories of six remarkable young people from Oregon who have transcended violence, racism or stereotyping in their own lives and who made a decision not only to help themselves, but also to help others break the cycles of anger and violence.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Speech Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Speech
Date: 4/5/1968Call Number: KP 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.,’s last speech was given in Memphis, Tennessee. He starts by saying, “Something is happening in Memphis, something is happening in the world!” He goes on to explain how lucky he is that God allowed him to be in the world in the 1960’s, and how he with God’s grace will rally the people and bring justice to Negroes in America. He is not afraid for the people will get to the promised land and his eyes have “Seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!”
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 7/21/1990Call Number: JH 307BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Leonor Huper, Brian Wilson, John Burton
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 7/18/1996Call Number: JH 502AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Community Peace Initiative, S.F. Neighborhood Safety, Gabriel Movera