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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Peking Rally Peking Rally
Call Number: RFW 012Format: CDProgram: Peking RallyCollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Includes Robeson "Old Man River" in Chinese, Rally is Oct 10th, in solidarity with Struggle of Afro-American people in US. More than 10,000 people. RFW (edited) report on human rights under Kennedy (1963) - recorded off radio with mic. Note that broadcast delayed due to JFK assassination. Rally presided over by Kuo Mo Ro, head of cultural relations with foreign countries/Chinese Peace Committee. His speech is summarized by Chinese reporter. Praises Williams and emphasizes need for violence and upheaval to make social change and quotes Williams on this and on self-defense as an American tradition, example of Monroe. A component part of the worldwide struggle. Same battle-line against US imperialism, represented by Kennedy. Australian poet Rewi Alley's speaks. Then Williams: thanks Mao etc. "Govt of USA world's greatest hypocrite and enslaver...a threat to the peace and security of the world." Recent report on civil rights of Kennedy administration designed as a whitewash. Coexistence with savage beast not possible. Three Ghana students beaten in US and JFK expresses his regret, but never regret enough to deal with the cause. Neo-colonialism. Compare to Hitler's Germany--but Williams says it was the US that provided example for the Nazis. Cuba. Vietnam. South Africa and Portugal--the same savages who bomb little girls in USA. Govt of USA an enemy to all the world...a common street dog has more rights than a Black American. Take pride that our people are fighting back. "We are bound to win--the world struggle of all the oppressed people of world (applause)." Closing quote--against our common enemy...thanks chairman Mao for his statement...applause...let our battle cry be heard around the world--Freedom Now or Death! Report on other speakers: South Vietnam with translation, expresses solidarity with Negro struggle. Japanese national peace committee chair, with translation. South Africa...strong speaker. Many of my people in jails. Brazilian social activist, with translation. New Zealand. Silent tribute to WEB DuBois. Adopted a message of support to American Negroes, which is read and translated to applause. Refers to March on Washington and Birmingham bombing. Song--all are brothers...then ends with Old Man River in Chinese.
Peking Rally Peking Rally
Date: 1/1/1966Call Number: RFW 007Format: CDProgram: Peking RallyCollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Tribute to Mao Tse-tung; oppressed minorities, Vietnam, simultaneous translation.