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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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Attica Lives and Dessie Woods Case Attica Lives and Dessie Woods Case
Date: 9/10/1977Call Number: FI 091Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Big Black speech on unity of both race and class - "Attica Lives". Dessie Woods case described, right of women to self-defense. Yvonne Wanrow whose trial as part of women's self defense cases begins October 1977, she speaks of her background, the case, and her family.
Assata Shakur Birthday Tribute Assata Shakur Birthday Tribute
Date: 7/16/1977Call Number: FI 092Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Kathy StreemProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Assata Shakur birthday tribute, song on Black Freedom, San Quentin Prison, poem on the lockdown there. Graham and Allen case, statement of Graham read on air, attorney Mark Allen speaks on death penalty. Report on case of Khatari Gaulden.
Assata Shakur Visit Assata Shakur Visit
Date: 11/14/1977Call Number: FI 093Format: 1/2 Video reelProducers: Kathy Streem.Barbara Lubinski, and Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Report on fighting and lockdown at CIW (California Institution for Women); Barbara Lubinski reports on her visit with Assata Shakur at Rikers Island prison, ends with Barbara reading a poem by Assata-What Is Left?
South Africa and Central America Reports South Africa and Central America Reports
Date: 11/12/1977Call Number: FI 094Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Report on South Africa economic measures on "war footing." El Salvador anti-government occupation and Guatemala elections, repression and resistance.
Prison Rebellion Report Prison Rebellion Report
Date: 11/26/1977Call Number: FI 095Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
New York state prison lockdowns and resistance. Napanock Prison rebellion statement. Trial of Richard Mohawk and Paul Skyhorse. Dennis Banks of AIM speaks against proposed House bill that would abrogate all treaties with Native Americans.
Demonstration for Leonard Peltier and Bus Boycott Remembered Demonstration for Leonard Peltier and Bus Boycott Remembered
Date: 12/4/1977Call Number: FI 096Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Barbara Lubinski reports from DC on Native American demonstration at FBI, against extradition of Leonard Peltier from Canada. Includes two taped messages of Peltier from prison. Report on Taiwan arrests and demonstration in San Francisco. International news roundup: Vietnam, Mexico peasant uprisings. Coretta Scott King on Montgomery Bus Boycott.
From Georgia to South Africa From Georgia to South Africa
Date: 12/24/1977Call Number: FI 097Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber Dreher, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Report on acquittal of Dawson 5 in Georgia, after confessions elicited by coercion/pistol to head, etc. Speech by ANC representative on South Africa situation, then analysis of Krugerrand, conditions in mines, on divestment, on solidarity. Closes with Gil Scott Heron "Where I'm Coming From" - on revolution.
Joanne Little, Emily Harris, Puerto Rico Event Joanne Little, Emily Harris, Puerto Rico Event
Date: 12/10/1977Call Number: FI 098Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Kathy StreemProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
JoAnne Little song, then reports on her arrest in NYC after her escape; Assata Shakur trial delayed; Emily Harris on a long fast in solitary confinement at CIW, detailed report on her protest and terrible conditions. Event in San Francisco in support of Puerto Rican Nationalist prisoners, the FALN, and armed struggle, speech and songs by Marta Rodriquez.
Emily Harris Fast and Palestine Solidarity Emily Harris Fast and Palestine Solidarity
Date: 12/17/1977Call Number: FI 099Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Kathy StreemProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Fast by Emily Harris, her statement from prison, protesting conditions at CIW and statement by her attorney, Stuart Hanlon. Poem on unemployment by June Jordan. Report on Palestine solidarity demonstration in SF and detailed discussion about PLO and Palestinian political prisoners.
Nadira Sururi - Part 1 Nadira Sururi - Part 1
Date: 5/13/1977Call Number: CE 318Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Sociologist, artist, feminist, and poet gives her impression of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during the civil war and the absence of religious tensions. PLO social services to refugees in Lebanon and women's role in the Palestinian resistance. About Lebanese rightist militias and Israeli snipers massacring Muslims and the consequent rise in support of the PLO. Jordanian King Hussein's persecution of the PLO, leftist organizations, and trade unions. Male chauvinism and the female's struggle in the Middle East.