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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.
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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Pablo Menendez Interview Pablo Menendez Interview
Date: 7/25/1981Call Number: FI 233Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute to Moncada Barracks in Cuba, featuring interview with Cuban/North American musician Pablo Menendez (son of Barbara Dane), also promoting an upcoming Berkeley event with noted singers and musicians to mark Moncada and express solidarity with El Salvador.Pablo speaks of the Nueva Trova, the new song movement in Cuba. One of the songs, by Barbara Dane and Pablo Menendez, is in memory of Cuban woman revolutionary Celia Sanchez, who had recently died of cancer.
Paul Robeson Jr. Interview Paul Robeson Jr. Interview
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: CD 273Format: CDProducers: Lena VerinCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview with Paul Robeson Jr about his efforts to bring his father’s life and legacy to public attention, through the establishment, in 1973, of the Paul Robeson Archives, subsequently donated to the Moreland Spingarn Collection at Howard University and the production of a 29-minute video documentary on Robeson narrated by Sidney Poitier. (1981) Interview is interspersed with a few Robeson songs, excerpts from Robeson speaking about Negro music, Chinese and East African folk musis and 11th century Czechoslovakian chorales. Robeson’s belief that a famous artist has a responsibility to speak out against injustice and for peace and about his belief in Socialism. Same as PR 039
Poetry and Music of Resistance - 1 Poetry and Music of Resistance - 1
Date: 3/28/1981Call Number: FI 124Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Poetry and music "to soothe the soul and warm the spirit." Program was re-broadcast on February 29, 1992. Includes excellent poetry and spoken word by Maya Angelou.
Paul Robeson Tribute and Anti-Klan News Paul Robeson Tribute and Anti-Klan News
Date: 1/24/1981Call Number: FI 125Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Musical and poetic tribute to Paul Robeson, includes some of his songs and speeches. Also includes full statement from the National Anti-Klan Network for a national conference. News brief on uprising, general strike, guerrilla offensive in El Salvador.
John Lennon and the FBI John Lennon and the FBI
Date: 4/25/1981Call Number: FI 129Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview with activist/Yippie Stew Albert about the politics of John Lennon and his harassment by the FBI and US immigration. Includes voice of John Lennon speaking out against British imperialism and in support of Northern Irish struggle, and songs by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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.
Anti-Nuclear and Prison News Anti-Nuclear and Prison News
Date: 8/8/1981Call Number: FI 143Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Anti-nuclear commentary and music mix to mark anniversary of US atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Detailed news reports on Black prisoners case of Harris, Johnson, and others in Alabama prison; Janice Paynter women's self-defense murder case, and Seattle case of assassinated union leaders. Closes with "Warriors of the Rainbow" song.
New Cuban Music New Cuban Music
Date: 11/28/1981Call Number: FI 149Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Musical selections from Cuba, described as "new" music.
Cuba Canta Cuba Canta
Date: 12/12/1981Call Number: FI 151Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Cuba CantaCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Program of Cuban music of the last 50 years, including both traditional and modern.
Antologia de la Musica Afrocubana (Anthology of Afrocuban Music) Antologia de la Musica Afrocubana (Anthology of Afrocuban Music)
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: Vin 039Producers: Areito, EGREMCollection: General materials
Compilation of Latin fusion music from the Afrocuban canon. Volume 2 of 10, entitled "Oru de Igbodu."