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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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Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 4/28/1984Call Number: PR 023Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Extensive comments by Pete Seeger on Paul Robeson’s activism, their close personal acquaintance, the 1949 Peekskill Concerts & Riots, recorded in 1968 & 1984. Recordings of Robeson singing. Same as CD 259, Track 1
Paul Robeson Show. Paul Robeson Show.
Date: 5/26/1984Call Number: PR 024Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Paul Robeson’s activism for peace and friendship with the Soviet Union. Recording of Robeson’s 1958 Moscow concert, where we hear him speaking fluent Russian, as he introduces his songs to the audience. (1 mil tape) Same as CD 259, Track 2
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 6/30/1984Call Number: PR 025Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Contains full speech (about 20 min.) by Robeson to the 1951 Convention of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, held at the Macedonia Baptist Church, San Francisco, as well as his concert there. Also a July, 1955 message to the union which he recorded in the Berkeley home of Joe Johnson, a leader of the union. Here he sings Zog Nit Keynmol, the song of the Warsaw Ghetto resistance (sung in English and Yiddish). Same as CD 260, Track 1
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 11/1/1984Call Number: PR 026Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Robeson’s commitment to the struggle for full human dignity for all peoples, interspersed with Robeson songs. Same as CD 262, Track 1
Paul Robeson Show - Last of series. Paul Robeson Show - Last of series.
Date: 12/29/1984Call Number: PR 027Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Retrospective on Robeson, interspersed with recordings of his songs. Also includes excerpts from Howard Fast and Pete Seeger on the 1949 Peekskill concerts & riots, and from Joe Johnson, leader of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, on his friendship with Robeson and on Robeson’s relationship with the union. Additional materials from a 1949 rally protesting the Peekskill riots, from Robeson’s 1959 interview with a British journalist during his run of Othello in London, and from a concert he gave at AME Mother Zion Church, New York. (1 mil tape) Same as CD 261, Track 1
Paul Robeson remembered by Joe Johnson Paul Robeson remembered by Joe Johnson
Date: 10/11/1984Call Number: PR 058Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Interviews with Joe Johnson on his life, the Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, the ILWU and his relationship with Paul Robeson. Same as CD 295, tracks 2,3,4
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 4/28/1984Call Number: CD 259Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paul Robeson Show. Extensive comments by Pete Seeger on Paul Robeson’s activism, their close personsal acquaintance, the 1949 Peekskill Concerts & Riots, and more, recorded in 1968 & 1984. Recordings of Robeson singing. Same as PR 023 Paul Robeson’s activism for peace and friendship with the Soviet Union. Recording of Robeson’s 1958 Moscow concert, where we hear him speaking fluent Russian, as he introduces his songs to the audience. (1 mil tape) (Broadcast 5/26/1984) Same as PR 024
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 6/30/1984Call Number: CD 260Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Contains full speech (about 20 min.) by Robeson to the 1951 Convention of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, held at the Macedonia Baptist Church, San Francisco, and his concert there. Also a July, 1955 message to the union which he recorded in the Berkeley home of Joe Johnson, a leader of the union. Here he sings Zog Nit Keynmol, the song of the Warsaw Ghetto resistance (sung in English and Yiddish). Same as PR 025
Paul Robeson Show - Last of series. Paul Robeson Show - Last of series.
Date: 12/29/1984Call Number: CD 261Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Retrospective on Robeson, interspersed with recordings of his songs. Also includes excerpts from Howard Fast and Pete Seeger on the 1949 Peekskill concerts & riots, and from Joe Johnson, leader of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, on his friendship with Robeson and on Robeson’s relationship with the union. Also excerpts from a 1949 rally protesting the Peekskill riots, from Robeson’s 1959 interview with a British journalist during his run of Othello in London, and from a concert he gave at AME Mother Zion Church, New York. (1 mil tape) Same as PR 027
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 11/1/1984Call Number: CD 262Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paul Robeson Show. Emiliano Echeverria comments on Robeson’s commitment to the struggle for full human dignity for all peoples, interspersed with Robeson songs. See PR 026, 1/2 mil tape In the midst of struggle: Songs of Paul Robeson. Lincoln Bergman comments on Robeson’s activism in the struggle for peace and equality of all peoples of the world, interspersed with Robeson songs. See PR 028