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.

Search Results

The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari v. the FBI The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari v. the FBI
Date: 7/5/2005Call Number: CD 274Format: DVDProducers: Redbird Films - Bernadine MellisCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In 1990, Earth First! organizer Judi Bari's car was bombed. Within three hours of the bombing, Bari was accused of transporting the explosives that had nearly killed her. Still in the hospital, she was arrested, and labeled a terrorist in the national media. The Forest for the Trees follows the bombing and arrest of Judi Bari, and her subsequent civil suit against the FBI. At the heart of the film, made by Bari’s lawyer’s daughter, is Bari, a folk hero with an electrifying onscreen presence, and the legal battle against law enforcement that few believed she could win.
Puerto Rico - Comandante Filiberto Ojeda Rios Puerto Rico - Comandante Filiberto Ojeda Rios
Date: 9/23/2005Call Number: CD 518Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Filiberto Habla - based on an interview with Filiberto Ojeda Rios while he was in clandestinity (English subtitles) and discussing the current state of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. El Funeral - Mensaje, Lares 9/23/2005 Including the funeral after Filiberto's assassination by the FBI, portions of his last message to the Grito de Lares celebration in 2005 (pre-recorded and only audio). The video is made in tribute: "Soy senador porque soy revolucionario"
Interview with John Bowman Interview with John Bowman
Date: 10/28/2005Call Number: CD 521Format: CDProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
John Bowman, targeted by a CA State Grand Jury investigating a police murder at Ingleside Station on August 29, 1971, explains why he will not cooperate. He speaks of his history as a Black Panther and community organizer, COINTELPRO, police abuse and repression, and his torture upon being captured in New Orleans in 1973.
No to Torture - 1 No to Torture - 1
Date: 12/8/2005Call Number: CD 531Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Former Panthers speak at a TransAfrica press conference about current grand jury repression against former Black activists.
No to Torture - 2 No to Torture - 2
Date: 12/8/2005Call Number: CD 532Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Former Panthers speak at a TransAfrica press conference about current grand jury repression against former Black activists.
John Bowman Interview - 2005 John Bowman Interview - 2005
Date: 11/1/2005Call Number: LT 016Format: Mini DVCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Interview with former Black Panther Party member and torture survivor John Bowman describing the events that led to his imprisonment in 2005 after refusing to testify in front of a grand jury.
John Bowman Interview - 2005 John Bowman Interview - 2005
Date: 11/1/2005Call Number: LT 017Format: VHSCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Interview with former Black Panther Party member and torture survivor John Bowman describing the events that led to his imprisonment in 2005 after refusing to testify in front of a grand jury.
John Bowman Interview - 2005 John Bowman Interview - 2005
Date: 11/1/2005Call Number: LT 018Format: VHSCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Interview with former Black Panther Party member and torture survivor John Bowman describing the events that led to his imprisonment in 2005 after refusing to testify in front of a grand jury.
Interview with Hank Jones Interview with Hank Jones
Date: 11/29/2005Call Number: LT 027Format: Mini DVProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Done for Legacy of Torture about the Black Panther Party, New Orleans, torture and his life.
Interview with Hank Jones and Ray Boudreaux - Part 1 Interview with Hank Jones and Ray Boudreaux - Part 1
Date: 11/29/2005Call Number: LT 028Format: Mini DVProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Done for Legacy of Torture about the Black Panther Party, New Orleans, torture and his life.