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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.
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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.
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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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Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore - Tape 1 of 2 Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore - Tape 1 of 2
Date: 6/16/1973Call Number: PM 143Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Marc SchwartzProgram: KPFACollection: Dhoruba Bin Wahad
Part one (part two - PM 145) of a two-part interview with Richard Dharuba (Bin Wahad) Moore from prison at the House of Detention in New York. Moore speaks in defense of the Black Liberation Army and the revolutionaries who have been imprisoned or killed in the struggle. The role of the New York police department is highlighted in the killing of Frank Fields, Anthony White and others. The media portrayal of Sam Napier’s death as the result of a feud between rival Panther factions is examined. Without validating this claim Moore discusses his perception of the strengths and weaknesses of the movement on the East and West coasts. Moore criticizes the Rx Program, a “behavioral modification” prison experiment which among other things prescribes the liberal usage of methadone. He relates this to the effects of drug addiction in the black community and what the proper response should be. Throughout the interview the ideology of the Black Liberation Army, Black Liberation Army, and it’s influence on other progressive movements is elucidated.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: V 224Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago to work for a social services agency...by day. By night, he trains Black youth to be the vanguard & Freedom Fighters in an upcoming revolutionary struggle, using all that the CIA has taught him... This film was suppressed after its release.
The Glass House Tapes The Glass House Tapes
Authors: Louis E. Tackwood and Citizen's Research and Investigation CommitteePublisher: Citizen's Research and Investigation CommitteeYear: 1973Format: BookCollection: Grand Jury
Reproduction. The confessions of Louis E. Tackwood, former agent for the Los Angeles Police Department.