Search Help

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.

Search Results

U.S. Out of El Salvador U.S. Out of El Salvador
Date: 11/21/1989Call Number: V 179Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains footage of demonstrators protesting the U.S. war on El Salvador by linking arms and sporadically impeding traffic at the San Francisco Federal Building. Some are arrested by SFPD.
U.S. Out of El Salvador II U.S. Out of El Salvador II
Date: 11/21/1989Call Number: V 180Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Demonstrators protest at the San Francisco Federal Building against the U.S. war on El Salvador. Footage contains brief barricade of Market Street.
US Out of El Salvador III US Out of El Salvador III
Date: 3/20/1989Call Number: V 186Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains footage of a demonstration against the US war on El Salvador in which protestors attempt to disrupt traffic into and around the San Francisco Federal Building. The SFPD is seen using batons against demonstrators and undercover officers make violent arrests.
US Out of El Salvador V US Out of El Salvador V
Date: 3/20/1989Call Number: V 190Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Virtually the same as V186, this video contains footage of a demonstration against the US war in El Salvador at the Federal Building in San Francisco in which police use batons and make violent arrests.
Dolores Huerta - One Year Later Dolores Huerta - One Year Later
Date: 9/14/1989Call Number: CV 236Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
John Crew, of the American Civil Liberties Union, discusses the case of a San Francisco police officer beating Dolores Huerta at an anti-Bush demonstration. Crew also explains why the Office of Citizens Complaints is not fulfilling its duty as a police watchdog agency.
SF Police Commission: Huerta Decision SF Police Commission: Huerta Decision
Date: 3/8/1989Call Number: CV 243Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
The SF Police Commission decides not to discipline the officer who beat Dolores Huerta. Interviews with the ACLU, Police Chief Frank Jordan, and Emilio Huerta.
Police Assault Dolores Huerta Police Assault Dolores Huerta
Date: 12/20/1989Call Number: CV 255Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Report on SFPD's beating of Dolores Huerta, SFPD's crowd control policy, and who decides how to discipline police.
CEML Conference Workshop #1: Racism, Youth and Police Torture CEML Conference Workshop #1: Racism, Youth and Police Torture
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: V 618Format: VHSProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
CEML moderator Mariel Nanasi, presenters Jeffrey Haas and Zulma Ortiz discuss police brutality in Chicago, the complicity of city officials, the police code of silence and high ranking police commander John Burge. Also present is a comparison between prison policies and school policies and the public school system is analyzed as a training ground for police repression of 3rd world communities. Q and A follows presentations.
Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison
Author: Dave NeesePublisher: The TrentonianDate: 8/6/1989Volume Number: 6-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
Reproduction of original article.
Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison
Author: Dave NeesePublisher: The TrentonianDate: 8/6/1989Volume Number: 6-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
Reproduction of original article.