Search Help

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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Ahora: Roots of Salsa Ahora: Roots of Salsa
Date: 5/27/1989Call Number: CV 141Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: EmilianoProgram: AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Music tribute to Miguelito Valdez.
Lecture by Raul Salinas de Gortari on Mexican Agriculture Lecture by Raul Salinas de Gortari on Mexican Agriculture
Date: 10/16/1989Call Number: CV 171Format: Cass A & BProducers: Raul Salinas de GortariCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Raul Salinas de Gortari speaks at great length about agriculture and agricultural laws in Mexico at Cornell University. Q&A follows.
Pedro Alcantara Pedro Alcantara
Date: 9/24/1989Call Number: CV 210Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Pedro Alcantara of the Patriotic Union political party speaks about the unstable political situation in Colombia. He addresses large-scale violence to organized labor, massacres by drug cartels, government military, and right-wing paramilitary groups. Also the penetration of drug cartels to the elite and how the instability and corruption at the national level allies with US intervention.
Aminata Umoja on Radio Free Georgia Aminata Umoja on Radio Free Georgia
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: JG/ 124BFormat: Cass BProgram: Round MidnightCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Aminata Umoja, educator, freedom fighter and member of the New Afrikan People’s Organization, answers questions from callers on WRFG Radio Free Georgia FM. Topics include the importance of political and economic education for Black communities, as well as the presence of Black teachers in the school system, desegregation and busing.
AIDS Education and Prisons AIDS Education and Prisons
Date: 6/12/1989Call Number: JG/ 126AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Just PeaceCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Chip Rowan, member of ACT UP! Atlanta, talks about HIV and sex education among prisoners in Leesburg, GA. He also speaks of the frequent segregation and stigmatization of many incarcerated HIV and PWA prisoners in the US.
The Student Movement in China The Student Movement in China
Date: 6/12/1989Call Number: JG/ 126BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Just PeaceCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A Chinese PhD student at Emory University talks about the student movement in China, its misrepresentations in the mainstream press and its struggle against the repression and corruption in China.
Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 1 of 3 Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 1 of 3
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: CD 676Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
BLA Political Prisoner fights prison write-up in this hearing recorded in Shawangunk New York State prison. Hameed defends himself against charges of obstructive behavior and disruptive protest in hearing with prison officials. Clearly an attack on him as an effective organizer.
Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 2 of 3 Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 2 of 3
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: CD 677Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
BLA Political Prisoner fights prison write-up in this hearing recorded in Shawangunk New York State prison. Hameed defends himself against charges of obstructive behavior and disruptive protest in hearing with prison officials. Clearly an attack on him as an effective organizer.
Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 3 of 3 Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 3 of 3
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: CD 678Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
BLA Political Prisoner fights prison write-up in this hearing recorded in Shawangunk New York State prison. Hameed defends himself against charges of obstructive behavior and disruptive protest in hearing with prison officials. Clearly an attack on him as an effective organizer.
Andre Markovits Interview on East Germany Andre Markovits Interview on East Germany
Date: 10/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 134AFormat: Cass AProducers: The ProgressiveProgram: Second Opinion with Erwin KnollsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An authority on Eastern European politics, speaks on changes in Eastern Germany. Interviewed by Erwin Knolls.