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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.
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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.
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.
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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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Appalachia to California Appalachia to California
Date: 8/7/1976Call Number: FI 025Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Massive mineworkers wildcat strike in Appalachia. Grand Jury on police shooting in Oakland of Jose Barlow Benavidez. Russell Means case, not guilty on murder charges, SLA trial in LA continues.
I-Hotel and Housing Nationwide I-Hotel and Housing Nationwide
Date: 7/10/1976Call Number: FI 031Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Issue of housing and tenant's rights nationwide and at the I-Hotel in San Francisco. Roundup of labor strikes nationwide. Attacks on welfare in Georgia. Mattie Shepherd speech, mother of Tyrone Guyton, young man (14 year old) killed by police in Emeryville. PSA on march to support Gary Tyler in Louisiana.
Break the Chains: Prairie Fire Break the Chains: Prairie Fire
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 083Format: VinylProducers: One Spark MusicCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
For the US bicentennial Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore composed revolutionary songs for the working class. Songs like "Let's Get 'em off Our Backs (200 Years is Long Enough)" speak about the unfair and unjust ways the American labor forces is treated and paid. Themes include the fight for unions and the stark contrast between the upper class and the working class.
Vientos Del Pueblo: Victor Jara Vientos Del Pueblo: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 092Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: General materials
The influential Chilean singer-poet Victor Jara wrote songs about the people for the people. In an effort to resist United States imperialism and cultural domination, this album is part of the new song movement of Latin America. His songs speak about the injustices done to the poor and working class and inspires revolution and change in leadership.
El Pueblo Unido: Quilapayun El Pueblo Unido: Quilapayun
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 094Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: General materials
Quilapayun's songs are political and social commentaries but draw inspiration from South American folklore and Andean Altiplano culture. They sing about the foreign domination of Chile's economy, about worker solidarity and their comrades killed or imprisoned by the ruling junta.
Todo por Chile: Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales Todo por Chile: Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 096Format: VinylProducers: Discos NCLCollection: General materials
Originally a musician in the Cuban Revolution, Carlos Puebla wrote songs for many revolutions in Latin America, especially for Chile, which eventually got him the name "El Cantor de la Revolución". In honor of the revolutionary struggle in Chile, Puebla wrote this album to contribute inspiration for the fight for freedom and justice for the people.
Class Struggle and the Origin of Racial Slavery: The Invention of the White Race Class Struggle and the Origin of Racial Slavery: The Invention of the White Race
Author: Theodore William AllenPublisher: New England Free PressYear: 1976Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
A treatment of racial slavery as a response to class struggle and of the consequences for the entire working class. This article is a slightly expanded form of a talk originally presented February 23, 1974 at the New Haven meeting of the Union of Radical Political Economists. It appeared in Radical America, May-June, 1975, Volume 9, Number 3.
The Black Voice The Black Voice
Publisher: United Black WorkersYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 6-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: The Black Voice
The Black Voice The Black Voice
Publisher: United Black WorkersYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 6-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/21/1976Call Number: NI 101Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: 02, 21, 1976Program: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with tribute to Augusto Cesar Sandino and Malcolm X on anniversary of assessinations, then reports on Dennis Banks and American Indian Movement, news about series of Bay Area arrests of alleged clandestine groups, ending with speech by labor organizer Kathy Dorsey at Hard Times conference in Chicago.