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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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An Interview with Mark Rudd of Students for a Democratic Society An Interview with Mark Rudd of Students for a Democratic Society
Date: 6/20/1968Call Number: KP 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Canadian Broadcasting CommitteeCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Rudd explores the victories and failures of the demonstration against Columbia constructing a gym in Morningside Park. The reaction of the administration and the next steps for students organizing against racism and imperialism.
Eldridge Cleaver speaking at California Hall Eldridge Cleaver speaking at California Hall
Date: 11/21/1968Call Number: KP 033Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Eldridge Cleaver addresses California Hall on prison rehabilitation. Cleaver offers his views on the sadistic nature of prison guards and alludes to the fact that no real rehabilitation can actually happen in prison under the control of the “sadistic fiends and cruel men who control that apparatus”. Cleaver reveals his dislike for mayor Alioto, Reagan. Good sound bytes about LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson) having blood on his fingers.
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!”
WBAI Tribute to Paul Robeson WBAI Tribute to Paul Robeson
Date: 1/1/1968Call Number: PR 065Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: WBAIProgram: Tribute to Paul RobesonCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Tribute to Paul Robeson WBAI Reel 3 (exact duplicate of Reel 2, but better quality). Recording of Paul Robeson singing “Joe Hill” Same as CD 344, Track 2
Tribute to Paul Robeson WBAI Reel 2 Tribute to Paul Robeson WBAI Reel 2
Date: 1/1/1968Call Number: PR 066Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: WBAICollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Ossie Davis, Pete Seeger, Lloyd L. Brown, William L. Patterson, Hope Stevens, Lawrence Brown, Douglas Turner Ward, Harry Bragg, Irwin Silber speak on Robeson’s activism for social justice, his intergrity and his refusal to give up his principles regardless of the personal sacraifice it caused him. Same as PR 065 and CD 344, Track 1
Tribute to Paul Robeson, WBAI Tribute to Paul Robeson, WBAI
Date: 1/1/1968Call Number: PR 077Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProgram: WBAICollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Tribute to Paul Robeson, for his 70th Birthday. Pete Seeger narrates Robeson’s life, interspersed with Robeson recordings and commentary by Lawrence Brown, Lloyd L. Brown, Floyd McKissack, Ted Poston, Harry Bragg, Leonard dePaur. Robeson recording of “Go Down Moses;” the last speech of Othello, with Robeson’s introduction; narrative on Robeson’s life by William L. Patterson; recordig made by the Westchester Committee for Law & Order following the Peekskill “riots” of 1949, with the Weavers singing “Hold the Line,” and Pete Seeger, Howard Fast, Alice Childress, Fred Hillerman telling the true story of the attacks at Peekskill and commenting on Robeson’s fightback; recording of Robeson singing “The House I Live In.” Also contains recordings from the May 18, 1952 Peace Arch Concert and the 1957 concert via trans-atlantic cable to the Eisteddfod Festival in Wales. Same as CD 341 & 342
Speech at University of Dar Es Salaam - Part 1 & 2 Speech at University of Dar Es Salaam - Part 1 & 2
Year: 1968Call Number: RFW 035Format: Cass A & BCollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Speech given at The University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in 1968. Parts 1 & 2. RFW develops the history of the US from an African American perspective, challenging the legitimacy of the US.
Speech at University of Dar Es Salaam - Part 3 & Q/A Speech at University of Dar Es Salaam - Part 3 & Q/A
Year: 1968Call Number: RFW 036Format: Cass A & BCollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Speech given at The University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in 1968. Parts 3 & Q/A
Speech at University of Dar Es Salaam - Q/A Speech at University of Dar Es Salaam - Q/A
Year: 1968Call Number: RFW 039AFormat: Cass ACollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! An amazing speech given at The University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in 1968. Q/A
Robert F Williams Interview by Robert Cohen - Part 1 Robert F Williams Interview by Robert Cohen - Part 1
Date: 7/18/1968Call Number: RFW 039BFormat: Cass BProducers: Robert CohenCollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Interview of Robert F Williams by Robert Cohen in Tanzania. (heavy bass and much tape hiss). PART 1 - RFW talks about his friendship with Ernesto Che Guevara, oppressor and oppressed nations, armed self-defense, military trained RFW as a fighter against foreign and domestic enemies, describes encounters with the Klan, attacks on the Black community. Also tells story of leaving Monroe, Freedom Riders & attacks on sit-ins, incident with the Segals (later accused RFW of kidnapping).