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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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May Day Celebration May Day Celebration
Date: 5/2/1981Call Number: FI 131Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Poetic and musical tribute to mark May Day as International Workers Day and many historic worldwide rebellions in May.
Two Filipino Activists Murdered in Seattle Two Filipino Activists Murdered in Seattle
Date: 6/20/1981Call Number: FI 136Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Attacks on unions, trial of the Nasco 3 in San Diego, entrapment case, Weinglass is quoted, "COINTELPRO is not dead." Seattle murders of two Filipino union activists, members of KDP, activists in ILWU Local 37. (See http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/cindy_domingo.htm for more.) Speeches from Memorial Service for the two activists.
Economic Depression in Music and Poietry Economic Depression in Music and Poietry
Date: 8/1/1981Call Number: FI 142Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Economic depression always has been linked to war, with blues and labor song mix, poem on greed written by Marge Piercy, Langston Hughes landlord poem recited by Ruby Dee, interview of Cuban musician on economics for artists, closes with street drama and Barbara Dane singing "Buddy Can You Spare A Dime" and Billie Holiday, "God Bless the Child."
Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: Vin 088Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In tribute to the "disappeared ones" of Chile's workers and poor population, this album would play an important role in the later political events in Chile. These songs are a denunciation of the Chilean government and are in dedication to the workers and "the fruits of their labor."