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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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Interview with Oscar Collazo Interview with Oscar Collazo
Date: 10/10/1976Call Number: PM 048Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Breakthrough
Interview of Oscar Collazo by the Prison Law Project of Chicago in October 1976.
Lolita Lebron and Puerto Rican National Liberation Movement Lolita Lebron and Puerto Rican National Liberation Movement
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: LA 171Format: CassetteCollection: Puerto Rico
Lolita Lebron talks about her involvement with Puerto Rican independence movement along with the action at the US House of Representatives in 1954. Lebron also talks about her experience inside the prison and her thoughts on racism, US colonialism and imperialism. She comments on dehumanizing conditions of prisons and imprisonment of free thoughts. She also talks about her prison reform movement including hunger strikes and her creative work behind the bars.
Native-American and Labor News Native-American and Labor News
Date: 10/30/1976Call Number: FI 032Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher. Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Carter Camp, Native American leader's statement from prison - report on Leonard Peletier and Puyallup occupation. Economic & labor roundup, charges against two UE leaders - suit in Oakland by Rosalie Jones. Police brutality in Houston, Atlanta, Richmond. Rally to free Puerto Rican Nationalists held in Springfield Missouri. PSA for Palestine Night.
Pre-Christmas Show - Lolita Lebron Message Pre-Christmas Show - Lolita Lebron Message
Date: 12/18/1976Call Number: FI 038Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lolita Lebron Christmas message from prison. Story on Christmas tree lot owner in Oakland shooting at African-American kids, Ku JKlux Klan activities at Camp Pendleton and Black marine resistance, INS atatcks on undocumented workers and case of Jose Medina. Song by Lucita.
People's Bicentennial Celebration - Part 1 People's Bicentennial Celebration - Part 1
Date: 7/4/1976Call Number: KP 483Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: General materials
For the 7,000 people who gathered in Delores Park here last Sunday, July, 1976, was certainly not a day to "honor" America's Bicentennial. Instead, the day marked the beginning of a new unity among the victims of Americanism, and those who joined the July 4th Coalition's memorable march and rally celebrated the coming together of this broad, multiethnic movement, while commemorating those whose sacrifice and struggle lay the foundation for the future victories.
Lolita Lebron and Puerto Rican National Liberation Movement Lolita Lebron and Puerto Rican National Liberation Movement
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: CD 877Format: CDCollection: Puerto Rico
Lolita Lebron talks about her involvement with Puerto Rican independence movement along with the action at the US House of Representatives in 1954. Lebron also talks about her experience inside the prison and her thoughts on racism, US colonialism and imperialism. She comments on dehumanizing conditions of prisons and imprisonment of free thoughts. She also talks about her prison reform movement including hunger strikes and her creative work behind the bars.
Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 1 Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: CD 884Format: CDProducers: Barbara LubinskiCollection: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron with message to the movement in San Francisco.
Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 2 Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: CD 885Format: CDProducers: Barbara LubinskiCollection: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron with message to the movement in San Francisco.
NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 10-5 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
U.S. Unions In Puerto Rico