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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.
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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Black August Black August
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: V 282Format: DVDProducers: T Cinque SampsonCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The story of Black Panther George Jackson's life through to his murder in 1971 at the hands of San Quentin Prison guards. This is dramatized & fictionalized.
COINTELPRO 101 Panel at Critical Resistance COINTELPRO 101 Panel at Critical Resistance
Date: 10/6/2008Call Number: CD 589Format: DVDProducers: Joe LiesnerCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Panel on COINTELPRO includes Puerto Rican activist Elliot Monteverde, former U.S. senator Cynthia McKinney, Deputy Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School Soffiyah Elijah, and Puerto Rican independenista Lucy Rodriguez discussing the history and contemporary relevance of understanding government repression of progressive movements. Moderated by Claude Marks
La luna llena de la libertad La luna llena de la libertad
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: CD 593Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This film was shot during the "Fiesta Cubana por los cinco Heroes." Music by Lilison Di Kanara, Niko Beki, Bia, Ines Canepa, the Brothers to ch'val, Marie-Claude Lamoureux and several others. A tribute to the Cuban 5. Clips from broadcast TV during the election campaign. (www.neorhino.ca)
Bashir Hameed Memorial Bashir Hameed Memorial
Date: 12/13/2008Call Number: CD 671Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Long-time political prisoner, former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member, Bashir Hameed, passed away in Great Meadow prison in New York August 30, 2008. Friends and family come together to pay tribute to this fallen activist.
Omaha 2 - Mondo We Langa Omaha 2 - Mondo We Langa
Date: 6/2/2008Call Number: CD 724Format: DVDProducers: Michael RichardsonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviewed in a Nebraska Prison about his case, his political history and Cointelpro.
Omaha 2 - Ed POindexter Omaha 2 - Ed POindexter
Date: 6/2/2008Call Number: CD 725Format: DVDProducers: Michael RichardsonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviewed in a Nebraska Prison about his case, his political history and Cointelpro.
Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101 Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 10/2/2008Call Number: C 10 033Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Puerto Rican Independentista and former Political Prisoner. Speaks of the Puerto Rican Movement and its effort to combat government oppression.
Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101 Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 10/2/2008Call Number: C 10 079Format: DVDCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Puerto Rican Independentista and former Political Prisoner. Speaks of the Puerto Rican Movement and its effort to combat government oppression.
Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101 Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 10/2/2008Call Number: C 10 080Format: DVDCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Puerto Rican Independentista and former Political Prisoner. Speaks of the Puerto Rican Movement and its effort to combat government oppression.
Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101 (1 of 2) Lucy Rodriguez for COINTELPRO 101 (1 of 2)
Date: 10/2/2008Call Number: C 10 093Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Puerto Rican Independentista and former Political Prisoner. Speaks of the Puerto Rican Movement and its effort to combat government oppression.