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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.

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Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, talk & discussion (with Ira Schor) Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, talk & discussion (with Ira Schor)
Date: 4/14/1988Call Number: CD 016Format: CDProducers: NY Marxist SchoolCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paulo Freire talks at the NY Marxist School with Ira Schor on Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Protest Against Nazis in San Francisco Protest Against Nazis in San Francisco
Date: 5/5/1976Call Number: FI 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Nazis come to SF school board, police attack anti-nazi folks and arrest them. Attacks on integration by Nazis, Yvonne Golden, teacher who organized against them is arrested. Jerome, African American ex-prisoner, on multinational organizing against unfair inhuman prison conditions and KKK guards. Info and song on Deacons for Defense and Justice.
Electromagnetic Spectrum Rap Electromagnetic Spectrum Rap
Call Number: KP 065Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
A very short, very silly “rap” about the usefulness and properties of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 5/9/1991Call Number: JH 330AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
mission Education Center: Ruth Holsen, Martha Martinez, Jolly Chow
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 11/13/1997Call Number: JH 545AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Jesus Solorio de California Tomorrow-Bilingual Education
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 4/9/1998Call Number: JH 561AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Revolución dentro del EZLN por Marcos, Chiapas; Bilingual Education por Chelis y Jorge Herrera
ZANU-PF on the role of education ZANU-PF on the role of education
Call Number: AFR 014AFormat: Cass ACollection: Zimbabwe
Professor Caulterwell of ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front) speaks about the role of education in the struggle against white rule and imperialism. He discusses the teacher shortage and that textbooks lack an African view. All community and missionary schools will come under the direction of the ZANU government after independence.
Teurai Ropa Nonor of Zimbabwe Teurai Ropa Nonor of Zimbabwe
Date: 7/28/1982Call Number: AFR 016Format: Cass A & BCollection: Zimbabwe
Minister Teurai Ropa Nonor of Zimbabwe speaks about the women’s role in the struggle against imperialism and plans for the redistribution of land to all people, creating a three year education program funded by the government and UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), and how the women of Zimbabwe can get involved in projects, leadership training, and jobs.
Tirai Kangai - Zimbabwe after Independence. Tirai Kangai - Zimbabwe after Independence.
Call Number: AFR 023AFormat: Cass ACollection: Zimbabwe
He speaks about Zimbabwe establishing its place in the international community; the flight and resettlement of refugees to Mozambique and Zambia; the progress being made in liberated Zimbabwe through a changing of attitudes of whites through education; and the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Congress) government’s opposition to Apartheid in South Africa.
Interview of a representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) of Namibia by American students Interview of a representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) of Namibia by American students
Call Number: AFR 026AFormat: Cass ACollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Begins with African people singing about Namibia. A representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) is interviewed by a couple of American students who are trying to help SWAPO. The SWAPO representative stresses the need for basic materials for schools in Namibia, such as books, chairs, scholarships, and uniforms.