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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.
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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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Vuelta A La Izquierda Prohibida En Revolucion (Grupo Onta) Vuelta A La Izquierda Prohibida En Revolucion (Grupo Onta)
Call Number: Vin 108Format: VinylCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Grupo Onta is a band consisting of members; Jesus Echevarria, Rodrigo Morales, Jorge Jufresa and Marisa Echevarria. This LP, Vuelta A La Izquierda Prohibida En Revolucion, consists of ten songs that touch on the socials issues of Latin America from a young person's perspective.
The Pete Seeger Show #11 The Pete Seeger Show #11
Call Number: FI 266Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Chuy VarelaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Several versions of narration for a program featuring the music of Pete Seeger for children, featuring many of Woody Guthrie's songs. This is narration only, not the music.
African American Children's Pledges African American Children's Pledges
Call Number: FI 275Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constnat StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Home recording for use on program with children reciting the usual pledge of allegiance, then an African-American nationalist pledge, and recitation of the principles of Kwanzaa. Best versions nearer end of recording.
Soweto Uprising Speech Soweto Uprising Speech
Call Number: FI 276Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Three sections speech in US by Tsietsi Mashinini, a major leader of the June 1976 historic student uprising. He describes the rebellion, the contradictions that have led to the freedom struggle, and the use of the "Communist" label as a reactionary justification for the murder of Black and revolutionary people in South Africa and all over the world.
Berkeley SDS on Aftermath of People’s Park Berkeley SDS on Aftermath of People’s Park
Call Number: CE 637Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
This tape contains an interview with members of Berkeley SDS after a police crackdown on protestors in People’s Park. The interview details how 200-400 cops descended on People’s Park. SDS claims that this repression was an excuse for administrators and the power structure to crack down and intimidate the student movement. They claim that this action is a part of a larger context of repression. It’s acknowledged that Black students and Black people have experienced this repression for years; the work-in conducted by SDS was a major threat to state power (student-worker alliance) and the opinion that the decision to fire on the students, resulting in two being killed, came from a national level.
The Mission: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle The Mission: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
Date: 6/14/1980Call Number: FI 286Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Focuses on youth and police repression in the Mission district community through an interview with Fernando Cosia of the Mission Community Alliance and youth actuality.
Memorial Service for Chaney, Goodman and Schwener and Interviews with Activist Residents Memorial Service for Chaney, Goodman and Schwener and Interviews with Activist Residents
Date: 8/16/1964Call Number: KP 539Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsCollection: General materials
Memorial service for murdered civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner at the ruins of Mt. Zion Methodist Church. Songs, speakers including the mother, brother and sister of James Chaney. The service is followed by interviews with local community members. Detailed notes included.
Memorial Service for Chaney, Goodman and Schwener and Interviews with Activist Residents Memorial Service for Chaney, Goodman and Schwener and Interviews with Activist Residents
Date: 8/16/1964Call Number: CD 915Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Memorial service for murdered civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner at the ruins of Mt. Zion Methodist Church. Songs, speakers including the mother, brother and sister of James Chaney. The service is followed by interviews with local community members. Detailed notes included.
FSM Audio Excerpts FSM Audio Excerpts
Call Number: CD 918Format: CDCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
1. Speech on University Administration's responses to the FSM. Speech was given after warrants were issued for Mario Savio and others. Unknown speaker, maybe Hal Draper. 2. Conspiratorial Mario Savio 3. Jack Weinberg speaks on arrests of students and non-students following FSM protests. 4. Mario Savio short segment on People's Park 5. Ronald Reagan speaks on the Board of Regent's decision to fire Clark Kerr. 6. SDS-organized Save the Steps Rally outside of Sproul Hall. 7. Blank Track 8. Mario Savio and others speak after FSM sentencing
Hal Draper speech on administration response to FSM Hal Draper speech on administration response to FSM
Call Number: CE 791Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
1. Speech on University Administration's responses to the FSM. Speech was given after warrants were issued for Mario Savio and others. Unknown speaker, maybe Hal Draper. 2. Conspiratorial Mario Savio: Short segment with Mario speaking