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.

Search Results

Leonard Peltier is an Innocent Man and Deserves Freedom! Leonard Peltier is an Innocent Man and Deserves Freedom!
Publisher: Big Mountain Support CommitteeDate: 3/9/1990Volume Number: 9-MarFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Leonard Peltier
Letter urging support in 1990 for obtaining Leonard Peltiers release.
"Let the People Speak!" "Let the People Speak!"
Date: 12/1/1990Call Number: V 351Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with Leonard Peltier about his life story, activism and the shootout on Pine Ridge which led to his serving two life sentences for the death of two FBI agents.
Shield For Abuse and Born to Hate Shield For Abuse and Born to Hate
Date: 8/7/1990Call Number: V 352Format: VHSProducers: KQED Current AffairsProgram: KQEDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Shield for Abuse - an expose on how brutal cops are rarely reprimanded or disciplined for their behavior and the millions San Francisco has paid to settle brutality cases. Born to Hate - the story of Greg Withrow, a former Neo-Nazi youth leader who has renounced his life as a white supremacist.
Latina Health Latina Health
Date: 2/26/1990Call Number: CV 226AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Luz Alvarez Martinez talks about the National Latina Health Organization and their work to approach Latina health holistically.
Bilingual Experience/Experencia Bilingue Bilingual Experience/Experencia Bilingue
Date: 5/7/1990Call Number: CV 229Format: Cass A & BProducers: Ana Luisa SProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Several bilingual speakers share their experiences learning, losing and relearning their native languages and English here in the US.
El Salvador 1989 El Salvador 1989
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 022Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
News of continual violence and government repression in El Salvador between during the months of December 1989 and January 1990 and following the FMLN offensive of November 11th. News from El Salvador taken from “El Salvador Online,” funded by Washington Center For Central American Studies.
Sing For Freedom Sing For Freedom
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CD 660Format: CDProducers: Smithsonian FolkwaysCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs, and prayers...a moving civil rights collection drawn from 1960s field recordings in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The compilation captures the irrepressible spirit of that era and reveals a determined and triumphant African American culture. A collection of glorious songs and heart stopping selections by The SNCC Freedom Singers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and others.
AIDS Unity March- World AIDS Day AIDS Unity March- World AIDS Day
Date: 1/12/1990Call Number: JG/ 118Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A live recording of Atlanta’s first Women and AIDS Unity March and Rally, held for World AIDS' Day.Includes interviews with members of the medical community, ACT UP Massachusetts and students speaking out against the CDC’s definition of AIDS which excludes women.
Women in El Salvador Women in El Salvador
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 119Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with members of the El Salvadorian Women's Social Movement on the post-war situation in El Salvador and its relation to women at work and at home. Because women are a majority in El Salvador, their participation in the processes of transition, democratization and social change in the country—after the signing of accords and leading up to the 1994 elections—is crucial.
The Niteklub- WERS Boston The Niteklub- WERS Boston
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 123BFormat: Cass BProgram: The NightklubCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An alternative rock show on Emerson College’s radio station, WERS Boston. Featuring bands The Creamers, Dag Nasty, Blake Babies.