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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.
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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Boycott Grapes Song from UFW March Boycott Grapes Song from UFW March
Date: 11/1/1984Call Number: CV 318Format: CassetteCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Tape includes a song from a UFW march, regarding the California grape boycott. Followed by an interview in Portuguese? Topic unknown. Pre-recorded, brief mention that translation will be done when the program airs.
WBAI News Coverage of Battleship Intrepid Takeover WBAI News Coverage of Battleship Intrepid Takeover
Date: 5/5/1984Call Number: LA 213AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
WBAI news coverage of the Battleship Intrepid Air and Space Museum takeover by members of A New Movement in Solidarity for Puerto Rico Independence and Socialism. The demonstration in New York was organized by the aforementioned members in opposition of “Ocean Venture 84.” The demands by the organization included a press conference, amnesty and an end to the United State’s intervention in the wars in Central America and their massive military maneuvers in the Caribbean.
Unholy Alliance: Christian Fundamentalism and the Israeli State Unholy Alliance: Christian Fundamentalism and the Israeli State
Author: Alan DehmerPublisher: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeYear: 1984Volume Number: No. 16 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
Nicaragua Analysis Nicaragua Analysis
Date: 1/21/1984Call Number: FI 162Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Commentary analyzing the current situation in Nicaragua. history of US intervention, interspersed with music.
The Paul Robeson Show - 1 The Paul Robeson Show - 1
Date: 1/28/1984Call Number: FI 163Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: Paul RobesonCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Features music of Paul Robeson, including several songs in Russian by Mussorgsky and Shostakovich.
Music and Poetry of Nicaragua Music and Poetry of Nicaragua
Date: 3/24/1984Call Number: FI 164Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Music and poetry of revolutionary Nicaragua, including live recording of poetry by the then-Minister of Culture Ernesto Cardenal.
The Pete Seeger Show - 3 The Pete Seeger Show - 3
Date: 5/5/1984Call Number: FI 165Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute to Pete Seeger on his 65th birthday, with Harry Bridges song and a range of others.
Fannie Lou Hamer Tribute Fannie Lou Hamer Tribute
Date: 3/3/1984Call Number: FI 167Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber Dreher, unkmown producerProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Honoring the courage and accomplishments of Fannie Lou Hamer.civil rights leader in Mississippi, including her voice in song; also description of the repression, severe beatings she faced in the struggle. Some of the song and speech on this recording of Fannie Lou Hamer also appears on Roots of Resistance, a CD produced by the Freedom Archives.
Eleventh Anniversary of Chilean Fascist Coup Eleventh Anniversary of Chilean Fascist Coup
Date: 9/15/1984Call Number: FI 183Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Marks 11th anniversary of coup in Chile,with commentary on US imperialism in Mexico and Central America, and current situation in Sandinista Nicaragua, with rare musical recordings on US invasion of Mexico and Pancho Villa.
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1984Volume Number: Vol. V-IFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Miller and Baraldini Convicted; Int\'l Victory in Legal Process Against POWs; Candlelight in the Streets; Cerro Maravilla: A Critical Analysis; The Maravilla Case; For Bolivar, By Way of Ganada; Court of the Gallows; El Grito de Jayuya; \"When You Struggle for Something Just\"; Chronology of Struggle; The Plight of the Homeless; communiqu