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

Piri Thomas Reads For Vieques, in Solidarity Piri Thomas Reads For Vieques, in Solidarity
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Activist and Puerto Rican independentista Piri Thomas reads Marilyn Buck's poem for the people of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Carlos Quiles Reads A Vieques, en solidaridad Carlos Quiles Reads A Vieques, en solidaridad
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carlos Quiles reads a poem in solidarity with the people of Vieques by Marilyn Buck. Audio in Spanish.
Aya de Le Aya de Le
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Aya de Le
35% Puerto Rican Women Sterilized 35% Puerto Rican Women Sterilized
Publisher: Committee for Puerto Rican DecolonizationYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 2-5Format: ArticleCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
An article from the Committee for Puerto Rican Decolonization in New York exposing the massive sterilization program carried out by the U.S. Government and the Rockefeller Foundation in response to the "population problem" in Puerto Rico that was seen as responsible for widespread unemployment.
Gov't Network Sterilizes Workers Gov't Network Sterilizes Workers
Publisher: Committee for Puerto Rican DecolonizationFormat: ArticleCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
A continuation of an article about the history of mass sterilization in Puerto Rico but focuses on the problems with the current health system and includes the results of a 1968 study on sterilzation.
Women in the Colonial Society: Oppression Women in the Colonial Society: Oppression
Author: Margarita MergalFormat: ExcerptCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
An overview of the socialist revolutionary struggle in Puerto Rico but focusing on the role of women in the struggle as they experience specific forms of oppression and exploitation.
NACLA Report On The Americas NACLA Report On The Americas
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1996Volume Number: Vol. 30-3 November-DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
On The Line: Latinos On Labor's Cutting Edge. Plus Puerto Rican Political Prisoners; Vilas on Debray on Che; Latin America Online
NACLA Report On The Americas NACLA Report On The Americas
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1981Volume Number: Vol. 15-2 March-AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Puerto Rico: End Of Autonomy. Plus Updates on Brazil, Nicaragua, and Attack on the Americas.
NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 10-5 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
U.S. Unions In Puerto Rico
NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 6-6 July-AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
The Ferre Family: Puerto Rican By Birth, Yanqui In Spirit; Uruguay Police Agents Exposes US Advisors; Scholarly Espionage in Colombia.