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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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Women's Liberation Conference Women's Liberation Conference
Date: 1/7/1978Call Number: FI 100Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, NatalieProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Long poem on violence against women followed by excerpts from a socialist conference on women held in Berkeley.
Against Senate Bills Against Senate Bills
Date: 1/21/1978Call Number: FI 101Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
San Francisco demonstration at Federal Building against proposed extremely repressive Senate Bill 1437 with speakers from many different constituencies, including labor, immigration rights, and Native American speakers.
Native American Struggle - 5 Native American Struggle - 5
Date: 4/30/1978Call Number: FI 102Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Roundup of Native American trials, with actuality of Leonard Peltier, speech by Sid Welch on FBI use of local law enforcement, and Beverly Marshall on the Skyhorse-Mohawk trial in Los Angeles.
Protests and Demonstrations Protests and Demonstrations
Date: 5/6/1978Call Number: FI 103Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Protests planned against visit of Menachem Begin of Israel to US, demonstrations in Tupelo Mississippi against KKK.
Assata Shakur Interview Assata Shakur Interview
Date: 9/23/1978Call Number: FI 104Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview of Assata Shakur at Alderston Federal Prison. Assata discusses COINTELPRO in depth as war against all progressive forces, Panther 21 and her own case.
Propositions and Death Penalty Propositions and Death Penalty
Date: 11/4/1978Call Number: FI 105Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Proposition 6, anti-gay; Proposition 7, expands death penalty; case of the Wilmington 10. Joe Wright one of the 10 speaks about the death penalty case of Johnny Imani Harris in Alabama.
Bakke Decision Protest Bakke Decision Protest
Date: 7/1/1978Call Number: FI 137Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Demonstration, chants, speeches, and commentary by many participants protesting the US Supreme Court Bakke decision (5-4) against affirmative action. Calls in speeches for unity in struggle against racism.
Assassination of Said Hammami Assassination of Said Hammami
Date: 1/15/1978Call Number: CE 261Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Furaha Hayati interviews Colin Edwards about the January 4 assassination of the representative of the PLO to the United Kingdom. Denounces the mass media for blaming the assassination on Palestinian liberation organizations and instead says that Israel killed Hammami to destroy relations between George Habash of the PFLP and Yassar Arafat of Al Fateh. Includes a list of all Palestinian resistance members killed by Israel.
The Arab League The Arab League
Date: 4/11/1978Call Number: CE 404Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with the Chief Observer from the League of Arab States to the United Nations. Discusses political differences within the Arab League, such as those between the "confrontational states" and others, and the role of the US amd Egypt. States that all nations in League agree on need for Palestine liberation, but differ as to ways to get there.
What Now People? (Vol. 3) What Now People? (Vol. 3)
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: Vin 020Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Various ArtistsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The third volume in a compilation of political ballads by various folk singers and activist musicians. Songs cover a range of social movements, including women's rights, the anti-war movement, civil rights for African-Americans and American Indians, and the revolutionary movements in Cuba and Puerto Rico. "What Now People?" serves as a representation of the political song movement.