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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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Mexican Earthquake Aftermath Mexican Earthquake Aftermath
Date: 1/1/1985Call Number: CV 192Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A bilingual documentary about a community health clinic that was constructed to help local families receive medical attention after the earthquake devastation.
Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 1 Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 1
Date: 1/16/1985Call Number: CD 652Format: CDProgram: African Activists in AmericaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Michael Warren, chairman of African Activists in America, speaks about Maurice Bishop, and introduces Samouri Marksman. Marksman speaks about struggles of African people around the world; how Europeans control Latin American economies, cultures, and societies, and the struggle for Latin American independence; the struggle to alter the slave relationship with Europeans in the Carribean and Africa; critisizes the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ; and American politics in South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 2 Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 2
Date: 1/16/1985Call Number: CD 653Format: CDProgram: African Activists in AmericaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Michael Warren, chairman of African Activists in America, speaks about Maurice Bishop, and introduces Samouri Marksman. Marksman speaks about struggles of African people around the world; how Europeans control Latin American economies, cultures, and societies, and the struggle for Latin American independence; the struggle to alter the slave relationship with Europeans in the Carribean and Africa; critisizes the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ; and American politics in South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
Conversations with Grenadians in 1985, Part 1 Conversations with Grenadians in 1985, Part 1
Date: 6/7/1985Call Number: CD 654Format: CDProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Documentary on Grenada after the United States invasion in 1983. Includes speeches, interviews, music and poetry.
Conversations with Grenadians in 1985, Part 2 Conversations with Grenadians in 1985, Part 2
Date: 6/7/1985Call Number: CD 655Format: CDProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Documentary on Grenada after the United States invasion in 1983. Includes speeches, interviews, music and poetry.
International Women's Day March & Anti-Apartheid Demo in San Francisco International Women's Day March & Anti-Apartheid Demo in San Francisco
Date: 3/8/1985Call Number: V 418Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanProgram: PCTVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
International Women's Day March about the links between women's liberation and national liberation struggles in Latin America and elsewhere. Anti-Apartheid Demo - from an anti-apartheid march in San Francisco, where participants symbolically burn passbooks and draw connections between racism in South Africa and the US.
No Pasaran - You Have Struck a Rock No Pasaran - You Have Struck a Rock
Date: 1/1/1985Call Number: V 434Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Anti-Imperialism struggles and Anti-Apartheid protests in Chicago. Links women's Anti-Pass movement in South Africa to struggles in Central America and the "No Pasaran" protests. Also contains recording of 1985 International Women's Day.
Youth - an endangered species Youth - an endangered species
Date: 4/8/1985Call Number: PM 358Format: CassetteCollection: Prisons - Youth
A workshop in Birmingham, Alabama about the incarceration of Black and Latino youth. Discusses gang violence. Participants explain that youth need to reconnect with their culture which has been lost through mass imprisonment.
Por Eso Luchamos: Songs of the Salvadoran Struggle Por Eso Luchamos: Songs of the Salvadoran Struggle
Date: 1/1/1985Call Number: Vin 022Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Cutumay CamonesCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This album is a musical homage to the Salvadoran citizens that perished in an uprising against the dictatorship in 1981. In addition to commemorating the battle that took place in the town of Cutumay Camones, these protest songs also trace the ongoing struggle of the Salvadoran people towards liberation and self-determination.
Amnesty International Press Release Amnesty International Press Release
Publisher: Amnesty InternationalDate: 10/10/1985Volume Number: 10-OctFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Leonard Peltier
Amnesty International press release regarding the US District Courts' denial of a new trial for Leonard Peltier.