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

Homeland Homeland
Authors: Selaelo Maredi and Steve FriedmanPublisher: The Julian TheatreDate: 1/25/1985Volume Number: 25-JanFormat: EphemeraCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Program for comedy play about race relations in South Africa and US
Film & Discussion: Crossroads/South Africa Film & Discussion: Crossroads/South Africa
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down Air ApartheidDate: 3/31/1985Volume Number: 31-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Event at Valencia Rose re: Crossroads squatters in South Africa
Art Against Apartheid Art Against Apartheid
Publisher: United Nations Center against ApartheidDate: 2/28/1985Volume Number: 28-FebFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Africa Festival Calendar listing art exhibitions in San Francisco, proceeds going to "Liberation movements of Southern Africa"
Boycott - The Gods Must Be Racist Boycott - The Gods Must Be Racist
Publisher: Art Against ApartheidFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Asking people to picket the Elmwood Theater in Berkeley and Vogue Theater in San Francisco against film The Gods Must Be Crazy
Programme: Steve Biko Memorial Programme: Steve Biko Memorial
Publisher: I-Sizwe (South Africans in the Bay Area)Format: EphemeraCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Memorial service program
Shut Down South African Airways Shut Down South African Airways
Format: EphemeraCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Card calling for demonstrations against South African Airways in San Francisco on second Wednesday of each month
Emergency Demonstration Emergency Demonstration
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down South African Airways, Freedom Rising Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 8/17/1985Volume Number: 17-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for demonstration in San Francisco against South African Airways
The Julian Theatre presents S'Kotiphola The Julian Theatre presents S'Kotiphola
Author: Selaelo MarediPublisher: The Julian TheatreDate: 6/15/1985Volume Number: 15-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Announcing new musical on South African Life at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, benefit for Campaign to Shut Down South African Airways
S'Kotiphola S'Kotiphola
Author: Selaelo MarediPublisher: The Julian TheatreFormat: EphemeraCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Program for play about a fictional suburban South African township designated for black people only
Embargo South Africa Not Nicaragua! Embargo South Africa Not Nicaragua!
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Statement re: Reagan imposing trade embargo against Nicaragua, yet saying sanctions against South Africa won't work