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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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Raul Izaguirre Raul Izaguirre
Date: 2/14/1992Call Number: CD 770Format: CDProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Raul Izaguirre the president of the National Council of La Raza speaks on issues facing the Chicano community - a failing education system, electoral representation. He also discusses Chicano contributions to communities.
Cesar Chavez Interview Cesar Chavez Interview
Date: 6/28/1992Call Number: CV 297Format: CassetteCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Cesar Chavez explains how police prevented him and his followers from organizing people to boycott grapes because of their contamination by extremely dangerous pesticides. He also describes arrests of protesters including Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.
Stonewall 2nd Annual Gay and Lesbian Special Stonewall 2nd Annual Gay and Lesbian Special
Date: 6/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 153Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
African American Lesbian Gay Alliance and Atlanta Lesbian Gay Pride Committee discussion of Black Gay identity and how it pertains to education and impact on the gay rights movement; Jeff Graham of ACT UP, Duncan Teague of ALGPC, Shelley Robbins and Stan Moadley on events happening at the 1992 Atlanta Gay pride celebration
Puerto Rican POWs Puerto Rican POWs
Date: 7/16/1992Call Number: C 10 043Format: Mini DVCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Interviews from FCI Dublin of two Puerto Rican political prisoners.
Hanan Ashwari at National Press Club Hanan Ashwari at National Press Club
Date: 9/18/1992Call Number: CE 476Format: Cass A & BCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Hanan Ashwari, spokeswoman for the Palestinian delegation at the peace talks going in in 1992 speaks about the situation in the Middle East and the negotiations.
Hanan Ashwari Interview Hanan Ashwari Interview
Date: 9/18/1992Call Number: CE 478Format: Cass A & BCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Hanan Ashwari, spokeswoman for the Palestinian delegation at the peace talks going in in 1992 speaks about the negotiations.
Winona LaDuke - From Genocide to Resistance: The Next 500 Years Winona LaDuke - From Genocide to Resistance: The Next 500 Years
Date: 4/21/1992Call Number: CE 485Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist, environmentalist juxtaposes two concepts of Native American life (time is cyclical and reciprocity) with two concepts in industrial thinking (time as timeline and capitalism). She speaks in response to the quincentennial celebration of Columbus' arrival to the "new world." LaDuke calls for recognition of the "holocaust" of the Native American people and cites statistics relating to the mistreatment of indigenous populations, such as using their land as toxic waste dumps.
Russell Means - For the World to Live, Columbus Must Die Russell Means - For the World to Live, Columbus Must Die
Date: 4/27/1992Call Number: CE 486Format: Cass A & BProducers: KALWProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Russell Means, Oglala Sioux activist, speaks in response to Andy Rooney's column on how it is "silly" for Native Americans to complain about professional sports team names. Means discusses the image of Native Americans, as opposed to Blacks in America. He combats the claim that Native Americans have no great culture and complicates the idea of Native American contribution. He discusses the effects of nuclear waste on Indian Reservations, or what he calls "concentration camps." He puts responsibility on the white citizens of America to see to it that the US government follows its own laws, and to curb the waste it produces. For things to change, people must "Kill Columbus - kill his legacy."
The Panama Deception The Panama Deception
Date: 7/30/1992Call Number: V 662Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This documentary details the case that the 1989 invasion of Panama by the US was motivated not by the need to protect American soldiers, restore democracy or even capture President Manuel Noriega. The film instead posits that the purpose of the conflict was to force Panama to renegotiate the Torrijos–Carter Treaties concerning the Panama Canal and test weapons and strategies for the upcoming Gulf War.
Real Heroes Real Heroes
Date: 3/25/1992Call Number: CE 665Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Two commentaries highlighting as real heroes military personnel who refused to engage in war crimes, from a German soldier in WW2 who was executed for refusing to take part in a firing squad against civilians, to the bombing of Egypt and Iraq/Persian Gulf, NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, attacks on Panama and Grenada, and other war crimes. Captain Yolanda Huet-Vaughn. M, was serving 2-and-a-half years for refusing to go to Persian Gulf war at the time of this commentary.