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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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Immigrant and Refugee Women's Conference Immigrant and Refugee Women's Conference
Date: 10/5/1991Call Number: CV 200Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A conference on immigrant and refugee women's issues.
Tongues Untied Tongues Untied
Date: 7/16/1991Call Number: V 487Format: VHSProducers: Marlon RiggsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Film by Marlon Riggs that recounts his life history, intermixed with Essex Hemphill’s poetry, a visit to the Institute of Snap!thology, and a celebration of black men loving black men as a revolutionary act.
Political Prisoner Installation - International Women's Day Political Prisoner Installation - International Women's Day
Date: 10/21/1991Call Number: V 492Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Street celebrations of International Women’s Day include the Women Against Imperialism Quilt, a political prisoner and prisoner of war street installation and street theater. Activists portray various figures like Linda Evans, Alejandrina Torres, Ricardo Flores Magon as well as pay tribute to the indigenous peoples of California, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. The performance is part of the International Women’s Day theme of 500 Years of Resistance.
Chasky Quilt Chasky Quilt
Date: 10/1/1991Call Number: V 527Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Close up shots of quilt made for International Women's Day to honor 500 years of resistance through women's eyes. Panels on quilt commemorate North American indigenous struggle, the end of US occupations across the globe, and the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of war.
Chasky Quilt - 500 years of resistance Chasky Quilt - 500 years of resistance
Date: 10/12/1991Call Number: V 528Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The quilt is displayed at International Women's Day march. The progressive women of color drum performance group Sistah Boom also performs.
Connexions: Surviving War, Working for Peace Connexions: Surviving War, Working for Peace
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 36Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on the idea that war is a function and fulfillment of patriarchy and a male experence while highlighting the ways in which women work towards peace.
Connexions: Among Friends Connexions: Among Friends
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 35Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on friendships among and between women. It looks at friendships on a global scale as a contributor to the feminist movement.
Connexions: Image Revision Connexions: Image Revision
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 37Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on confronting the idea that a female's worth is reduced to her body. It challenges the concept of the "Ideal Body" and contributes to the discussion about women being more than just a pretty face. *"We Are The Body, They Are The Soul" p. 7
The Rallyer The Rallyer
Publisher: The RallyerYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 2 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Inside this Issue: A day to resist, a day to mourn; wall of women; vital drug banned; more.