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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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Sarajevo Diaries Sarajevo Diaries
Date: 7/21/1993Call Number: V 606Format: VHSProducers: Global Vision, WNET-ThirteenProgram: Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights TelevisionCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Diaries of various people's experience during the siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia during the Bosnian War. Diaries range from a solider in the Armed Forces of Bosnia, to a young boy that lost his hand. Extensive footage from documentary filmmaker, Ademir Kenovic, who filmed Sarajevo while under fire. The Skinheads of Prague, a fascist, racist group of young white men. Includes interviews with members and a street fight between the Skinheads and Anarchists. Members speak about and idolize the old US Confederate South. Footage of toxic ash being dumped on the beaches of Haiti. One of the things that compelled the Beach Boys music group to distribute video cameras to bring about awareness. Interview with the band. Music video, "Help Bosnia Now," filmed in the ruins of the 1984 Winter Olympics closing ceremony.
Ki Sa Pou-n Fe? (What Is to Be Done?) Ki Sa Pou-n Fe? (What Is to Be Done?)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 011Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Atis IndepandanCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A collection of protest songs against the imperialist Haitian regime that has perpetuated social inequalities and the exploitation of the Haitian people. Sung in Creole, this music represents a mode of political resistance against Haiti's legacy of European and American imperialism and dictatorship of the time. Songs express the atmosphere of social unrest in the 1970s and a need for Haitian independence. Includes extensive liner notes with history and translations.
NACLA Report On The Americas NACLA Report On The Americas
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1996Volume Number: Vol. 29-6 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Rhetoric And Reality: The World Bank's New Concern For The Poor. Plus An Interview with Riboberta Menchu Tum; Disarmament Derailed in Haiti
NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol.6-3 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
A New Stage in the Mexican Struggle: Interview with a Political Exile; Latin American Christians in the Liberation Struggle: Chile, Dominican Republic, Argentina; Miami Company Employing Ex-Marines or Training Members of the Haitian Forces; US Military and Police Assistance Programs.