Search Help

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.

Search Results

Interview with Huey Newton Interview with Huey Newton
Date: 8/11/1970Call Number: KP 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Elsa Knight ThompsonProgram: KPFA generalCollection: Huey Newton
This interview with Huey P. Newton took place shortly after the Marin county courthouse rebellion incident. It is the first press contact with Newton after his release from prison. Newton discusses how the Panther party looked to form alliances with the Vietnamese on an ideological level and speaks of common goals of oppressed people, with special attention to organizations like the Women's Liberation Front in the United States and homosexual rights advocates. This tape includes a brief discussion of the movement to decentralize the police in Berkeley, CA., and has a brief discussion of Eldridge Cleaver in exile and the expectations of the United Nations to return Cleaver to the U.S.
Ralph David Abernathy: Nixon Administration and the Vietnam War Ralph David Abernathy: Nixon Administration and the Vietnam War
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CD 053Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A speech given to huge outdoor rally in SF Bay Area in 1969 condemning imperialism and the war in Vietnam. GREAT materials!
Ralph David Abernathy: Nixon Administration and the Vietnam War Ralph David Abernathy: Nixon Administration and the Vietnam War
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CD 054Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A speech given to huge outdoor rally in SF Bay Area in 1969 condemning imperialism and the war in Vietnam. GREAT materials!
Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance
Call Number: CD 089Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Pro Tools audio materials from Women, Vietnam Victory from Roots of Resistance
GI March, 1969 GI March, 1969
Date: 6/4/1969Call Number: KP 055Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Anti-War
An antiwar sound montage with sounds from the battlefield over Beatles music and community voices.
Ramsey Clarke on V.N., hijackers message from United Airlines Chicago Flight Ramsey Clarke on V.N., hijackers message from United Airlines Chicago Flight
Call Number: KP 060Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
First, Ramsey Clarke on V.N. Second, hijackers message from United Airlines Chicago Flight, claiming to “end violence with violence.”
News Mix, 10/4/1970 News Mix, 10/4/1970
Date: 10/4/1970Call Number: KP 064Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: Vietnam
Mix of different news stories including Jimi Hendrix’s funeral, problems with overcrowded New York Jails, continued fighting in Vietnam, and the Cambridge, Massachusetts mayor’s remarks about ending drug dealing by “creating an army of bounty hunters.”
Madame Binh Interview by CBS on 60 Minutes Madame Binh Interview by CBS on 60 Minutes
Date: 4/23/1972Call Number: KP 074Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Don Hewitt, CBSProgram: 60 MinutesCollection: Vietnam
Interview of Madame Binh by CBS on 60 Minutes
GI Peace March April 6, 1969 GI Peace March April 6, 1969
Date: 4/6/1969Call Number: KP 067Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Anti-War
Sound samples taken from different marches and protests against the Vietnam war, interviews with supporters of war, friction between police and protesters, all set to music.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Date: 12/13/1973Call Number: KP 073Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Andy TruskierCollection: Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Documentary about the Chicago eight conspiracy trial, includes amazing actual courtroom recordings including the exchange between prosecutors, Judge Hoffman and Black Panther Bobby Seale - resulting in Hoffman having Seale bound and gagged, Bobby Seale tring to speak while bound and gagged, the outrage expressed by Attorney William Kunstler in Court at Bobby Seale's treatment and the refusal of the court to allow Ralph Abernathy to testify. Other interviews include Attorney Leonard Weinglass and defendant Tom Hayden.