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

Marilyn Buck statement Marilyn Buck statement
Date: 9/15/2005Call Number: WP 024Format: CDProducers: National Radio ProjectCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Marilyn Buck greeting and thanking supporters attending the release parties for the Wild Poppies CD in New York City and Berkeley, CA. This is a call from a federal prison.
Commentaries by Mumia Abu Jamal Commentaries by Mumia Abu Jamal
Date: 5/1/2005Call Number: CD 360Format: CDProducers: Noelle HanrahanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
1 & 2 - Harder & harder to recruit 3 & 4 - Assata terrorist or Victim? 5 & 6 - Lynne Stewart Speaks 7 - Philadelphia Lifer Speech 8 - Why May 13th is so Important 9 - Mumia’s Interview with Lynne Stewart
Liam’s Mix Liam’s Mix
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 421Format: CDProducers: Liam HanlonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Remix of Prisons on Fire using political music
International Day in Solidarity with Political Prisoners - December 3, 2005 International Day in Solidarity with Political Prisoners - December 3, 2005
Date: 12/1/2005Call Number: CD 430Format: CDProducers: Prison RadioCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Mumia’s message to national and international events in solidarity with Political Prisoners. 4:02
Messages to International Day in Solidarity with Political Prisoners - December 3, 2006 Messages to International Day in Solidarity with Political Prisoners - December 3, 2006
Date: 12/1/2005Call Number: CD 431Format: CDProducers: Prison RadioCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Mumia’s message to national and international events in solidarity with Political Prisoners. 4:02 Marilyn Buck’s message to the same events. 3:15
22/8: The Jeffrey Luers Story 22/8: The Jeffrey Luers Story
Date: 3/1/2005Call Number: CD 490Format: DVDProducers: Cascadia Media CollectiveCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Documentary features the background of Jeff Luers case and the motives for his actions from his perspective. "Free" is an environmental activist and political prisoner. The film explains how the state has attempted to portray Jeff as an eco-terrorist leader, and the effects this has had on both the length of the sentence and his life behind bars.
Ward Churchill Uncut! Tape 2 of 2 Ward Churchill Uncut! Tape 2 of 2
Date: 3/25/2005Call Number: KP 208AFormat: Cass ACollection: Native Americans
Ward Churchill, a member of the Colorado chapter of the American Indian Movement, speaks on his Cherokee heritage, Leonard Peltier's incarceration, the United States repression of indigenous people, conservative Colorado based journalist Charlie Brennan, and Churchill's own anachronistic analysis of the Palestine situation.
To Touch the Spirit - Healing music from Federal Prison To Touch the Spirit - Healing music from Federal Prison
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 546Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Flute pieces performed by political prisoner Veronza Bowers & friends. 1- To Touch the Spirit 2 - Song for Alexis 3- Healing Heart Veronza Bowers, a former Black Panther who has served over 30 years in prison despite having completed his sentence and gained the right to release by the US Parole Commission, remains locked up.
King's Candy - A New Orleans Kitchen Vision King's Candy - A New Orleans Kitchen Vision
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 618Format: CDProducers: Kitchen sistersProgram: NPR Morning editionCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Robert Hillary King, former political prisoner and one of the Angola 3 talks about making candy in prison and out.
Filiberto Ojeda Rios event graphics Filiberto Ojeda Rios event graphics
Date: 10/14/2005Call Number: M 053Format: CDProducers: Scott BraleyCollection: Master recordings
Scott Braley photographs of San Francisco tribute to the Machetero leader assassinated by the FBI in Puerto Rico.