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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SWAPO: South West Africa People’s Organization SWAPO: South West Africa People’s Organization
Date: 4/22/1981Call Number: AFR 002Format: CassetteCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
El Salvadoran and South African solidarity with SWAPO (Southwest African People’s Organization), support for national independence movement, opposing US imperialism’s intervention in Namibia. Carlos Martinez representing the movement in El Salvador and Ahmed Obafemi representing the Republic of New Africa (RNA). recorded off bullhorn at a demonstration in New York.
United League Speech United League Speech
Date: 2/1/1981Call Number: KP 250Format: Cass A & BProducers: Skip Robinson, Arnold TownsendCollection: Black Liberation
A fundraiser speech given by Skip Robinson and Arnold Towensend focusing on the need for blacks across the country to unify and assist each other in changing and defeating the racist system. Special attention is given to the loss of land in Mississippi owned by blacks, gentrification in the Fillmore District and elsewhere in San Francisco, and the deliberate attacks by whites in power (from the local police to the CIA) to set blacks against each other to keep them fractured and weak as well as encouraging drug problems in such communities.
Eternal Security Eternal Security
Date: 11/22/1981Call Number: KP 290Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
The Rev. Charles Satchull Morris III speaks to the members of Zion Baptist Church about social security. He quotes Dr. Martin Luther King.
Paul Robeson Tribute and Anti-Klan News Paul Robeson Tribute and Anti-Klan News
Date: 1/24/1981Call Number: FI 125Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Musical and poetic tribute to Paul Robeson, includes some of his songs and speeches. Also includes full statement from the National Anti-Klan Network for a national conference. News brief on uprising, general strike, guerrilla offensive in El Salvador.
Sandino and Malcolm Tribute Sandino and Malcolm Tribute
Date: 2/21/1981Call Number: FI 126Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Barbara Lubinski, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute to Sandino and Malcolm X on anniversaries of their assassinations. Poetry, excerpts of Malcolm speeches, and current news: Miami cases with racist verdicts stemming from rebellion, Atlanta series of murders of poor Black youth.
Black Liberation Army Communique Black Liberation Army Communique
Publisher: Black Liberation ArmyDate: 11/5/1981Volume Number: 5-NovFormat: CommuniqueCollection: BLA
"On the Strategic Alliance of the Armed Military Forces of the Revolutionary Nationalist and Anti-Imperialist Movement