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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CD 059Format: CDProducers: Betty ShabazzCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X inspired people to act, to defend themselves and to defend their rights. He was recorded under all kinds of conditions - in radio studios, in front of crowds in Harlem, by reporters in London and los Angeles - and he was always electrifying. A compilation CD and Booklet With many graphics and some text, released by Curtis Management, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1992.
Malcolm X: Words from the Frontlines - Exerpts From the Great Speeches Malcolm X: Words from the Frontlines - Exerpts From the Great Speeches
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CD 489Format: CDCollection: Malcolm X
"We Want Complete Separation" (13:33) "You Got What's Know as 'White's Disease'" (12:20) "Keep That White Man's Claws off Our Women" (5:25) "There's No Such Thing as a Non-Violent Revolution" (4:26) "I'm a Field Negro" (8:37) "... Stop Singin' and Start Swingin" (7:42) "... By Any Means Necessary" (14:03) "You Can't Hate the Roots of a Tree and Not Hate the Tree" (5:55) [Untitled] (:40)
Outcry LA Outcry LA
Date: 3/25/1992Call Number: V 305Format: UmaticCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A special about the April 1992 Los Angeles rebellion in the wake of the Rodney King verdict and the exoneration of the cops. opening 10 minutes only
Behind the Burning Cross - In the Face of Hate Behind the Burning Cross - In the Face of Hate
Date: 11/6/1992Call Number: V 333Format: VHSProducers: Workers' Film, Video ForumCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Two films from the Workers' Film and Video Forum cover issues of racist hate crimes in America. "Behind the Burning Cross" presents the history and present actions of the Ku Klux Klan, the New Klan, WAR and Neo-Nazi skinheads. "In the Face of Hate" discusses hate crimes in the Pacific Northwest.
Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CD 673Format: CDProducers: Betty ShabazzCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X inspired people to act, to defend themselves and to defend their rights. He was recorded under all kinds of conditions - in radio studios, in front of crowds in Harlem, by reporters in London and Los Angeles - and he was always electrifying. A compilation CD and Booklet With many graphics and some text, released by Curtis Management, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1992.
Stonewall 2nd Annual Gay and Lesbian Special Stonewall 2nd Annual Gay and Lesbian Special
Date: 6/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 153Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
African American Lesbian Gay Alliance and Atlanta Lesbian Gay Pride Committee discussion of Black Gay identity and how it pertains to education and impact on the gay rights movement; Jeff Graham of ACT UP, Duncan Teague of ALGPC, Shelley Robbins and Stan Moadley on events happening at the 1992 Atlanta Gay pride celebration
By Any Means Necessary By Any Means Necessary
Publisher: New Afrikan People's OrganizationYear: 1992Volume Number: June/July 1992Format: PeriodicalCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
Cover Story: The Rebellion of Spring: The Handwriting is on the Wall. Inside: The New Afrikan People's Organization Organizes the People to Take a Stand!!!; Message from the Chairman: The New Afrikan Revolution and Malcolm X; Self-Determination: A Human Right in Jackson, Mississippi; Grassroots Convention Underway; Atlanta Sets it Off!; Tasks Ahead for Organizing in the South; Columbus, cultural, Imperialism, and the New Afrikan Nation; The New Afrikan Uprising; New Afrikan Women Speak; The Rebellion of Spring: The Chickens (Finally) Came Home to Roost; History is a Weapon!: Righting the Wrong; New Afrikan Analysis: On Captured Citizens, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of War: A New Afrikan Perspective; A Call to Justice Loving People Worldwide: Help Save Mumia Abu-Jamal!!!; To the Supporters of "G": A Letter from the International Campaign to Free Geronimo; Updates: Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War; From Across the Empire: News Briefs;
By Any Means Necessary By Any Means Necessary
Publisher: New Afrikan People's OrganizationYear: 1992Volume Number: June/July 1992Format: PeriodicalCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
The New Afrikan People's Organization Organizes the People to Take a Stand!!!; Message from the Chairman: The New Afrikan Revolution and Malcolm X; Self-Determination: A Human Right in Jackson, Mississippi; Grassroots Convention Underway; Atlanta Sets it Off!; Tasks Ahead for Organizing in the South; Columbus, cultural, Imperialism, and the New Afrikan Nation; The New Afrikan Uprising; New Afrikan Women Speak; The Rebellion of Spring: The Chickens (Finally) Came Home to Roost; History is a Weapon!: Righting the Wrong; New Afrikan Analysis: On Captured Citizens, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of War: A New Afrikan Perspective; A Call to Justice Loving People Worldwide: Help Save Mumia Abu-Jamal!!!; To the Supporters of "G": A Letter from the International Campaign to Free Geronimo; Updates: Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War; From Across the Empire: News Briefs;
Picture This Picture This
Author: Hilton AlsPublisher: VoiceDate: 11/10/1992Volume Number: 10-NovFormat: ArticleCollection: Malcolm X
On the set, the street, and at dinner with "X" director Spike Lee