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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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Demonstration at Concord Naval Weapons Demonstration at Concord Naval Weapons
Date: 3/16/1991Call Number: V 504Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Preparation for anti-war demonstration and march on the Concord Naval Weapons center. Organizations include CISPES, ACT UP, and Food Not Bombs. Protestors uproot the railroad tracks in an attempt to halt their shipping of weapons to the Middle East.
Activist Interviews Activist Interviews
Date: 3/1/1991Call Number: V 512Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with Jim Denison on Gay Leftist politics, Gloria Alonzo and Fidel Pena creating an AIDS awareness center at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, and Eric Larsen explaining why he decided to take a militant stance by deserting from the army.
Demonstration at Concord Naval Weapons Demonstration at Concord Naval Weapons
Date: 3/16/1991Call Number: V 525Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Preparation for anti-war demonstration and march on the Concord Naval Weapons Station. Organizations include CISPES, ACT UP, and Food Not Bombs. Protesters uproot the railroad tracks in an attempt to halt their shipping of weapons to the Middle East.
Demonstration at Concord Naval Weapons Demonstration at Concord Naval Weapons
Date: 3/16/1991Call Number: V 526Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Preparation for anti-war demonstration and march on the Concord Naval Weapons Station. Organizations include CISPES, ACT UP, and Food Not Bombs. Protesters uproot the railroad tracks in an attempt to halt their shipping of weapons to the Middle East.
Chasky Quilt Chasky Quilt
Date: 10/1/1991Call Number: V 527Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Close up shots of quilt made for International Women's Day to honor 500 years of resistance through women's eyes. Panels on quilt commemorate North American indigenous struggle, the end of US occupations across the globe, and the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of war.
Chasky Quilt - 500 years of resistance Chasky Quilt - 500 years of resistance
Date: 10/12/1991Call Number: V 528Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The quilt is displayed at International Women's Day march. The progressive women of color drum performance group Sistah Boom also performs.
Immigrant Rights: A Civil Rights Issue for the 90's (Volume 1)
National Network For Immigrant and Refugee Rights Immigrant Rights: A Civil Rights Issue for the 90's (Volume 1) National Network For Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: CV 291Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Civil and immigrant rights leaders meet to discuss the vetoing of the Civil Rights Bill by George H.W. Bush. Howard Johnson stresses unity between different ‘minority’ communities, emphasizing that the1980s civil rights movement also includes Latino and Asian people. He also discusses hate crimes in New York and the failure of politicians to reach out to immigrants.
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Date: 4/14/1991Call Number: JG/ 147Format: CassetteCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Speeches by Dhoruba Bin-Wahad and Lesbian and Gay Folks Supporting Political Prisoners, from an event in support of Black political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal entitled, “Lesbian and Gay Men: Is Political Activism a Crime Punishable by Death?”, held in NY on 4/14/91.
Protest for Black Panther Protest for Black Panther
Publisher: San Francisco ChronicleDate: 7/10/1991Volume Number: 10-JulFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Native American Political Prisoners Native American Political Prisoners
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: PM 389AFormat: Cass AProgram: Can't Jail the Spirit #4Collection: Native Americans
A discussion on Native American Political Prisoners hosted by Yvonne Swan Wanrow. Topics include: The case of Norma Jean Croy, interview with Dale Dione, and an update on political prisoner Leonard Peltier.