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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 10/24/1971Call Number: RD 009Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Continued from RD 008. News coverage of over 20 Black rebellions occurring around the country; Rebellion in women's prison in solidarity with Attica prisoners; Continued coverage of U.S. occupation in North Vietnam; VietNam Veterans Against the War occupied the Statue of Liberty in New York; September 2nd women's march; H.Rap Brown captured; Iranian embassy in San Francisco attacked.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/8/1975Call Number: NI 059Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with Vietnam, then Peru state of emergency, Ethiopia/Eritrea fighting, Menominee protest continues, demonstrations in support of Ruchell Magee and Inez Garcia, Attica trials, police shooting of Black man in Oakland, communiques (read by announcers) from New World Liberation Front (NWLF) for a series of actions, then report on welfare and US economy, with report from a march in Washington DC. Lincoln Bergman poem about the moon and Vietnan at start and end of show.
The Only Solution; Another Revolution: The Fatima Mansion The Only Solution; Another Revolution: The Fatima Mansion
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: Vin 076Format: VinylProducers: Radioactive RecordsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
This two song record starts with "Blues for Ceausescu", which a sarcastic lyrics about democracy and diversion of rich and power. "Chemical Gosh" lyrics discuss drugs and division of rich and poor.
Break the Chains: Prairie Fire Break the Chains: Prairie Fire
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 083Format: VinylProducers: One Spark MusicCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
For the US bicentennial Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore composed revolutionary songs for the working class. Songs like "Let's Get 'em off Our Backs (200 Years is Long Enough)" speak about the unfair and unjust ways the American labor forces is treated and paid. Themes include the fight for unions and the stark contrast between the upper class and the working class.