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.

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May Day Tribute May Day Tribute
Date: 5/5/1975Call Number: FI 079Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
A tribute to May Day, opening with poetry and "Hard Work" by John Handy. Poems: by Carl Sandburg, Nazim Hikmet, Pablo Neruda, David Diop, and Bertold Brecht recited by Lincoln Bergman.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 1/11/1975Call Number: NI 053Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Detailed news stories on Vietnam situation two years after signing of Paris peace accords and other international news. Followed by trial of Bob Hood with Hood speaking, Black Liberation Army, including charges in connection with Ingleside police station attack in SF, the New York 5. Then San Quentin report with statement by prisoner Jeffrey Khatari Galton, Inez Garcia, detailed story on CIA history
Interface: A Profile of Paul Robeson Interface: A Profile of Paul Robeson
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: V 064Format: 1/2 Video reelProducers: WETA - Tony BattenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Covers Paul Robeson's film career with extensive film clips leading to his struggles politically and interviews with him about passport denial and other attacks by the US government.
Interface: A Profile of Paul Robeson - Part 1 Interface: A Profile of Paul Robeson - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: V 323Format: Mini DVProducers: WETA - Tony BattenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Covers Paul Robeson's film career with extensive film clips leading to his struggles politically and interviews with him about passport denial and other attacks by the US government.
Interface: A Profile of Paul Robeson - Part 2 Interface: A Profile of Paul Robeson - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: V 324Format: Mini DVProducers: WETA - Tony BattenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Covers Paul Robeson's film career with extensive film clips leading to his struggles politically and interviews with him about passport denial and other attacks by the US government.
Joan Jara interview Joan Jara interview
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: CD 599Format: CDProducers: Nina SerranoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview by Nina Serrano with Joan Jara, the wife of Victor Jara, discussing his life. Joan reads a poem entitled, "Estadio Chile - Message of hope in spite of the horror.” She describes how this poem was smuggled out.
Festival del Sexto Sol Festival del Sexto Sol
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: CD 602Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Raw materials from the first day of the Festival del Sexto Sol. Andres Alegria interviews Nina Serrano about her pesonal preparation for the Festival. Fernando Alegria reads letters from Pancho Aguilar and Nina Serrano. Nina Serrano reads a poem from the Free Limo Movement in Africa.
Cameron Bishop Interview Cameron Bishop Interview
Date: 6/5/1975Call Number: CD 715Format: CDProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Cameron Bishop was a member of SDS charged with sabotage and dynamiting power lines near Denver in 1967. He was captured after several years underground and on the FBI's 10-Most Wanted List. His conviction was ultimately reversed.
Native American Women - Sterilization and resistance Native American Women - Sterilization and resistance
Date: 3/15/1975Call Number: CD 731Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Native American women and children sit in at FBI in Rapid City, SD. 3/15/1975 Norma Jean Serena case, forcibly sterilized in 1970, was able to get her children back, interviewed by phone at her home in Oklahoma in 1979. Sterilization of Native American women and exploitation of resources on Indian land, uranium, environmental degradation. 2/9/1980
Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event
Date: 9/2/1975Call Number: KP 474Format: CassetteProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Vietnam
Interview with representative of Union of Vietnamese Students in the US, on occasion of the first independence day after the victory over the US. Includes portion of speech from American Indian Movement (AIM), and live music by Holly Near at event celebrating the Vietnam victory.