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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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Criminal Injustice Rally Criminal Injustice Rally
Date: 9/21/1996Call Number: PM 292Format: Cass A & BCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Several speakers expose the corrupt and racist stance of the federal and state governments. Speakers criticize politicians for their lack of concern, bills and laws are imposed to further oppress communities. People should organize for prison justice and use their economic power to overthrow this corrupt power structure and end racism.
PIC and Perceptions of Crime PIC and Perceptions of Crime
Date: 4/27/1998Call Number: PM 299Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Features excerpts of Ida Robinson and Angela Davis speaking at UCSC concerning the Prison-Industrial Complex and the role of the media in creating perceptions of crime.
Rita Clark - The Chant Rita Clark - The Chant
Date: 7/18/1991Call Number: LA 178Format: Cass A & BCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Rita Clark interviews the co-ordinator of the Nicaragua United States Friendship Office (July 18, 1991). The Chant reports from Atlanta on the controversy of using racist images in sports (October 23,1991).
On the Death Penalty On the Death Penalty
Call Number: PM 303AFormat: Cass ACollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
About the injustices, inconsistencies and political bias of the death penalty - state sanctioned. Racial inequalities in the use of the death penalty as well as its political use against Sacco and Vanzetti, the Rosenbergs and Mumia Abu Jamal are discussed.
Racism in the SF Fire Department Racism in the SF Fire Department
Date: 1/19/1987Call Number: CV 034Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview and call in show about racism in the San Francisco Fire Department in January 1987.
Fresh Air Fresh Air
Date: 12/1/1998Call Number: PM 313Format: Cass A & BProducers: National Public RadioProgram: Fresh AirCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Eric Schlosser speaks about the Prison Industrial Complex in America and Vivian Stern speaks about prison systems in other parts of the world.
National Campaign to Stop Control Units National Campaign to Stop Control Units
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: PM 314Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Control Units
Members of the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons speak about control unit prisons and movements seeking to abolish them.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 7/29/1972Call Number: RD 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon (Midnight Flash)Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Early Real Dragon on late night Saturday show (Oneness with Roland Young/Glenn Howell). Syphilis experiments, conviction of Geronimo Pratt, Ruchell Magee case/report on demonstration in San Francisco with strong speech by Angela Davis. Briefs on other trials, H Rap Brown, Justice and Gibson, Stephanie Klein, bombing of Army recruiting station in Oakland, lots of international news, Uruguay, Vietnam China (Lin Piao) Vietnam.
Police Brutality and Corruption Police Brutality and Corruption
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: PM 318Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Michael Novick of People Against Racial Terror speaks about police brutality and corruption, Arun Rasiah of the American Friends Service Committee speaks about prisoner support. Information is provided about conditions in local prisons.
Pelican Bay - Control Unit Prisons Pelican Bay - Control Unit Prisons
Date: 1/13/1996Call Number: PM 320Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Pelican Bay
Members of the Pelican Bay Information Project speak about their organization and its projects, their work at Pelican Bay prison and general information regarding control unit prisons.