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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.
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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Ex-CIA Agent Testimonies Ex-CIA Agent Testimonies
Date: 9/4/1989Call Number: JG/ 155Format: CassetteProgram: Just PeaceCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This recording features the testimony of ex-CIA agents who had become disillusioned with various CIA actions around the world including the liaison operations, subsidiary intelligence services, manipulation of foreign governments and attempts to subvert democracy in other countries. Specific examples include CIA involvement in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba and Angola.
Sabia 10th Anniversary Concert: Sabia Sabia 10th Anniversary Concert: Sabia
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: Vin 067Format: VinylProducers: Flying Fish Records Inc.Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A west Coast based Latin American band recorded live in 1988 Culver City, CA. The songs speak about injustices in Latin American, such as, kidnappings, colonialism, dictatorships, racism and poverty. The song "Mujer Sandinista" describes the life of a woman in the Nicaraguan revolution.
CEML: Marion Conf 10-24-1987 Tape #1 CEML: Marion Conf 10-24-1987 Tape #1
Date: 10/24/1989Call Number: V 643Format: DV CamProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Excerpts from CEML Tribunal Footage. Steve Whitman introduces the event and the judges, Jose Lopez presents the indictment. Testimony is heard from family members of prisoners in Marion and Lexington. This video also contains audio of the NPR interview with ex-guard David Hale.
Under bail Reform Act 'Preventive Detention' Prevents Due Process Under bail Reform Act 'Preventive Detention' Prevents Due Process
Author: Debra S. KatzPublisher: Legal TimesYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Sentencing Guide/Corres
Reproduction. Published 7/17/1989
The Women's High Security Unit in Lexington, KY The Women's High Security Unit in Lexington, KY
Author: Jan SuslerPublisher: Yale Journal of Law and LiberationYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 FallFormat: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
This article centers on Baraldini v. Meese, a case that arose as a result of Congressional and public inquiry into the conditions at FCI Lexington HSU. The suit asserted that placement in the unit violated the prisoners' First Amedment rights of expression and association, that placement without prior hearing violated Fifth Amendment due process rights and that the conditions violated the women's Eight Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.
Little-Known Espionage Law Cloaks Wiretaps in Secrecy Little-Known Espionage Law Cloaks Wiretaps in Secrecy
Author: Elizabeth NeufferPublisher: Boston GlobeYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Irish Republican Army
Reproduction of 7/23/1989 article.
Bethesda Co-Op News Bethesda Co-Op News
Publisher: Bethesda Co-OpDate: 12/1989Volume Number: DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
Freedom Now! -- Campaign for Human Rights and Amnesty for Political Prisoners in the US April 8-9, 1989 in Chicago Freedom Now! -- Campaign for Human Rights and Amnesty for Political Prisoners in the US April 8-9, 1989 in Chicago
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1989Format: Meeting Minutes and NotesCollection: Freedom Now
US Political Prisoners Denied Rights US Political Prisoners Denied Rights
Author: Barbara DayPublisher: San Francisco GuardianYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction of Article
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. X-I November/DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Libertad and Our Imprisoned Patriots Wish You A (1990) New Year of Challenges and Possibilities and A Decade Without Colonialism or Political Prisoners. Contents: Interviews with Jaime Delgado, Alicia Rodriguez, Adolfo Matos; Editorial by Elizam Escobar; commentaries by Oscar Lopez-Rivera, Carlos Alberto Torres; News briefs; Special Supplement by Judge Bruce Wright.