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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.
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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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The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari v. the FBI The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari v. the FBI
Date: 1/1/2004Call Number: V 228Format: DVDProducers: Redbird Films - Bernadine MellisCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
In 1990, Earth First! organizer Judi Bari's car was bombed. Within three hours of the bombing, Bari was accused of transporting the explosives that had nearly killed her. Still in the hospital, she was arrested, and labeled a terrorist in the national media. The Forest for the Trees follows the bombing and arrest of Judi Bari, and her subsequent civil suit against the FBI. At the heart of the film, made by Bari’s lawyer’s daughter, is Bari, a folk hero with an electrifying onscreen presence, and the legal battle against law enforcement that few believed she could win.
Ward Churchill Ward Churchill
Date: 7/29/2004Call Number: KP 204Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
Ward Churchill speaks on the liberation of indigenous people focusing on Leonard Peltier, a political prisoner. He then speaks on his book The Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality.
Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 1 of 2 Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 1 of 2
Date: 7/30/2004Call Number: KP 205Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
A panel discussion on political prisoners, hosted by Linda Evans at AK Press. Features lectures by Chesa Boudin, Maria Poblet, and Ward Churchill. Chesa Boudin, son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert who were members of the Revolutionary Armed Task Force discusses Gilbert's book No Surrender. Poblet reads poetry, and Churchill speaks on Leonard Peliter.
Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 2 of 2 Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 2 of 2
Date: 7/30/2004Call Number: KP 206Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
In part Part Two (Part One is KP 205) of a panel discussion on political prisoners Maria Poblet, Chesa Boudin, and Ward Churchill answer audience questions at a lecture series for political prisoners.
Wake Up Everybody Wake Up Everybody
Date: 1/1/2004Call Number: V 258Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A wide variety of today's hottest hip-hop, R&B and rap stars. Among the standout performances are Missy Elliot, Jamie Foxx, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Jaheim, Faith Evans, Claudette Ortiz (City High) and Nate Dogg, with Floetry, Ben Jelen, Bilal, Akon, Bonnie McKee, DJ Quik, Ellie Lawson, Jon B, Julia Fordham, Kristine W., Marques Houston, MC Lyte, Omarion (B2K), Raphael Saadiq, S5, and Wyclef Jean providing backup vocals for the chorus. A full CD with bonus tracks including "Give Peace A Chance 2004" by Yoko Ono, "Revolution" by Ben Jelen, "Why? What's Goin' On?" by the Roots, "Fear," by Lenny Kravitz, "Stop The Fighting," by Ellie Lawson, "Hell To Pay," by Bonnie Raitt, "Freedom," by Jurassic 5, "Get It Together," by Seal, "Raise This Land," by Freckles featuring Res and Mystic, 'Time in Babylon," by Emmylou Harris, "This Land Is Your Land," by Everclear, "Right on Time," by OAR, "The Wind," by Matt Nathanson and "Change The World" by Babyface and Eric Clapton, will be available in stores throughout the country on September 21. The CD also includes a full length DVD that will give viewers a glimpse at the historic recording of the chorus and individual performances.
Dame la Mano Dame la Mano
Date: 1/1/2004Call Number: V 290Format: VHSProducers: Heddy HonigmannCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On Sunday nights, Union City's La Esquina Habanera restaurant is the place to be for New Jersey's Cuban community. Here, professional and amateur dancers gyrate to the sensual and spirited rhythms of the rumba, a dance veteran practitioners credit for everything from curing cancer to sexual vigor in old age. Award-winning Dutch documentarian Heddy Honigmann listens to the stories of several Cuban exiles in this joyous cinematic celebration of Latin life, music, and dance that culminates with an exuberant nightclub finale.
Tribunal Popular - Mexico DF - Part 1 Tribunal Popular - Mexico DF - Part 1
Date: 10/1/2004Call Number: CD 631Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
On site recordings from Mexico DF, October 2004 Jose Luis Gonzalez, Norma Lorena Valdes Santos, Maria Gonzalez (Pavel), Hermanos Cerezo, lista de tribunal, Rafael del Castillo
Tribunal Popular - Mexico DF - Part 2 Tribunal Popular - Mexico DF - Part 2
Date: 10/1/2004Call Number: CD 632Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
On site recordings from Mexico DF, October 2004 Verdicto, Dr. Luz Uranga, respuestas, Enrique Gonzales, Leopoldo Ayala, R. Angelica Osuna
Prison Graphics Prison Graphics
Date: 2/10/2004Call Number: M 016Format: CDCollection: Master recordings
Dozens of prison related graphics - unsorted and unedited. Mostly jpeg files
Got History Video Got History Video
Date: 11/3/2004Call Number: M 060Format: DVDCollection: Master recordings
Short history video utilizing materials from the Archives.