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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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Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X
Date: 5/19/1975Call Number: V 217Format: UmaticProducers: Nothing is More Precious ThanProgram: Open Studio - KQEDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tribute to Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh who share a birthday - May 19th. Utilizes historical Soviet film footage of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese National Liberation Front and film and stills of malcolm X.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/15/1975Call Number: NI 060Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program primarily dedicated with poetry, music, and commentary to Black History Week. Also news of Cambodia, Menominee trial, Attica trials, San Quentin Six, Black Liberation Army arrest, Cultural Workers Front program held in San Francisco. Lots of poetry.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/15/1975Call Number: NI 103Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program primarily dedicated with poetry, music, and commentary of Black History Week. Also news of Cambodia, Menominee trial, Attica trials, San Quentin Six, Black Liberation Army arrest, Cultural Workers Front program held in San Francisco. Lots of poetry.
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.
Critique of the Black Nation Thesis Critique of the Black Nation Thesis
Author: Harry ChangPublisher: Racism research ProjectYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: New Afrika
Table of Contents: Preface, Some Conceptual Clarifications, Common Territory, Common Economic Life, Black Nationalism, Concluding Remarks.
Awakening of a Dragon Awakening of a Dragon
Publisher: Black Community News LetterYear: 1975Volume Number: Vol. 13 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Soulbook #10: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica Soulbook #10: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica
Publisher: SoulbookYear: 1975Volume Number: Vol. 3-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Soulbook
Table of Contents: Black Street Nationalism; Self-Determination and African National Liberation; Ethiopian Womens Position Paper on the National Question; The Movement and the Black Drug Problem; Reject Notes (Poetry); To All Pan African Peoples of the World; Interview with Eusi Kwayana; Why I Refuse to Attend the 6th P.A.C.; African Descendants Law Students at Disneyland.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 8/2/1975Call Number: NI 075 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program focuses on several major stories: start of the San Quentin 6 trial, start of Joanne Little trial in North Carolina with actuality, taped message from underground of Abby Hoffman, and stories on Latin America and American Indian Movement.