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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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The Payoff The Payoff
Publisher: The American Palestine CommitteeYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Article, accompanied by charts, mapping the US political and fiscal ties with Zionism and Israel.
Bibliography Series, No. 1 - Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography Bibliography Series, No. 1 - Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography
Author: Hatem HussainiPublisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 2/1975Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestine Related Academic Papers
A bibliography with both Arab and non-Zionist perspectives on publications that deal with the Arab-Israeli confrontation.
The 1928 and 1930 Comintern Resolutions on the Black National Question in the United States The 1928 and 1930 Comintern Resolutions on the Black National Question in the United States
Publisher: Revolutionary Review PressYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
A Dwelling Place of Our Own- The Story of the Namibian Nation A Dwelling Place of Our Own- The Story of the Namibian Nation
Author: Randolph VignePublisher: International Defence & Aid Fund for Southern AfricaYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Eldridge Cleaver Speaks Eldridge Cleaver Speaks
Publisher: The People UnitedYear: 1975Volume Number: Number 16, AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party general
The George Jackson Tribunal The George Jackson Tribunal
Author: Emmitt Chaka MurrellDate: 10/11/1975Volume Number: October 11-12Format: MonographCollection: George Jackson
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 8/30/1975Call Number: CD 893Format: CDProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, with Mark Schwartz, Molly FrankelProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: Vietnam
Program celebrates Vietnamese independence, with music, poetry, interviews. Includes Ho Chi Minh speaking in English, a poem by Janice Mirikitani, a speech by Dow of the Union of Vietnamese, and comments by Donna Futterman, a recent visitor to Vietnam at the time. Also report on trial of the San Quentin 6.
Vietnam Independence Day Vietnam Independence Day
Date: 8/29/1975Call Number: CD 894Format: CDCollection: Vietnam
Live celebration for the first Vietnam Independence Day. With no foreign troops on Vietnam soil, a numerous amount of supporters came to rejoice. Beginning with a number of Vietnamese speakers, quotes of Ho Chi Minh are recited to gain hopes for the future of Vietnam. After the Vietnamese speakers, Janis Mergatani a prominent antiwar poet recites some of her poems. The last half of the celebration is a speech/slideshow involving the history of the occupation of Vietnam, starting with the French and ending with America leaving. With a time line of the injustices put upon the Vietnamese, many supporters look toward the future with optimism.
Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event
Date: 9/2/1975Call Number: CD 895Format: CDProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Vietnam
Interview with Dao, representative of Union of Vietnamese Students in the US, on occasion of the first independence day after the victory over the US. Includes portion of speech from American Indian Movement (AIM), and live music by Holly Near at event celebrating the Vietnam victory.
Are Puerto Ricans a "National Minority" Are Puerto Ricans a "National Minority"
Author: James BlautPublisher: Journal of Contemporary Puerto Rican ThoughtYear: 1975Volume Number: Vol. 2 No. 2-3Format: ArticleCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
An essay arguing against the view of the far left in America that Puerto Ricans are a "National Minority".