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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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Cuban Poetry; The Cultural Perspective Cuban Poetry; The Cultural Perspective
Date: 8/20/1994Call Number: FI 250Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Nina SerranoProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Selections, read in both English and Spanish, from "Red Tropics" an anthology of Cuban poetry from 1959-1989. Bernardo Garcia translated the poems, and reads them in Spanish.
Eyes of the Rainbow Eyes of the Rainbow
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: CD 900Format: DVDProducers: Gloria RolandoProgram: Remastered 2013Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she lives in exile. Based on a visit with Assata in Havana. She tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow.
Karen Wald on Cuba 1 Karen Wald on Cuba 1
Date: 8/5/1986Call Number: FI 255Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview with Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba. She discusses how she thinks Cuba has changed, problems, possible plans for invasion of Cuba. In-depth discussion of health care system and her response to charges that Cuba tortures political prisoners, the Armando Valladares case, juvenile delinquency, and prison conditions in general.
Karen Wald on Cuba 2 Karen Wald on Cuba 2
Date: 8/5/1986Call Number: FI 256Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview, before final editing, with Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba. She discusses how she thinks Cuba has changed, problems, possible plans for invasion of Cuba. In-depth discussion of health care system and her response to charges that Cuba tortures political prisoners, the Armando Valladares case, juvenile delinquency, and prison conditions in general.
FMC IV Congreso FMC IV Congreso
Date: 1/1/1985Call Number: Vin 098Format: VinylCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Silvio and Pablo came together with their orchestras to pay homage to the FMC. FMC stands for El Federation de Mujeres Cubanas, The Cuban Women's Federation. This albums is a celebration of the organizations existence and longevity.
Moncada Commemoration Moncada Commemoration
Date: 7/30/1977Call Number: FI 274Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Barbara Lubinski, Heber Dreher, Emiliano Echeverria, Isabel Alegria, Gayle MarkowProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Marks the anniversary of the attack on Moncada Barracks with narrative, music, poetry, much of it duplicated from several earlier Moncada memorial programs.
Nicolas Guillen and Ernesto Cardenal Nicolas Guillen and Ernesto Cardenal
Call Number: LA 216Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Nina Serrano (Melon Studio, Robin Woodland).Collection: Struggles in Latin America
Poem by Nicolas Guillen of Cuba (Tengo/I Have--shortr segment in Spanish/full translation in English). Tape also includes many "takes" of an introduction to the Nicaraguan revolution and poet Ernesto Cardenal.
The Cultural Perspective The Cultural Perspective
Date: 7/20/1991Call Number: FI 284Format: CassetteProducers: Nina SerranoProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Cuban music, including the first version of Guantanamera, from Cuba, then poetry of and interview with Bernardo Garcia.
On Racism and the Movement On Racism and the Movement
Publisher: The Radical Education ProjectFormat: MonographCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Designed to be a general introduction to a political discussion of the struggle against racism in the USA.
Words from a Sister in Exile Words from a Sister in Exile
Author: Cheryll Y. GreenePublisher: EssenceDate: 2/1988Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
When revolutionary political activist Assata Shakur (previously JoAnne Chesimard) made a daring escape from prison in 1979, she- like our fugative slave ancestors- became legendary in the Black community. Here she speaks about her life in Cuba today.