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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 Cheryl West Interview with Cheryl West
Date: 4/9/1989Call Number: SS 024AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Cheryl West on his play "Before It Hits Home" and racism.
Interviews with Papusa Molina and Polly Lin Interviews with Papusa Molina and Polly Lin
Date: 4/11/1989Call Number: SS 156AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Papusa Molina and Polly Lin from Women Against Racism.
Break the Silence Break the Silence
Date: 9/28/1989Call Number: FI 018Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln Bergman, KPFAProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lincoln Bergman interviews Jewish women artists who are trying to make peace in the Middle East - Break the Silence Mural project. About their work and goals for peace, solidarity, and on their experiences. Includes music and Lincoln Bergman reading poems about Huey P. Newton.
Presentation on Puerto Rican political prisoners by Josefina Rodriguez Presentation on Puerto Rican political prisoners by Josefina Rodriguez
Date: 1/15/1989Call Number: LA 078Format: CassetteCollection: Puerto Rico
Josefina Rodrieguez, mother of two Puerto Rican prisoners in the United States speaks about her international work and solidarity with political prisoners, and her fight to have Puerto Rican political prisoners recognized around the world. She discusses also the prison conditions in which prisoners are subjected, expecially women prisoners within the system.
W.I.N.G.S- Women’s International News Gathering Service Report W.I.N.G.S- Women’s International News Gathering Service Report
Date: 11/11/1989Call Number: JG/ 038BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
WFRG Judy Gerber talks with CISPES alert editor Mike Silinsky about El Salvador’s FMLN “peace talks” and the insistence that the US government stop aid to their military. He outlines some of the demands of the FMLN, including, removing all officers from the military involved in the death squads.
Abortion for Survival Abortion for Survival
Date: 7/23/1989Call Number: V 240Format: VHSProducers: Fund for Feminist MajorityCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Martin Agronsky narrates a Pro-Choice documentary produced by the Fund for Feminist Majority. The Documentary shows a first trimester abortion, outlines the history of victims of anti-abortion laws, and interviews representatives from Population Crisis Committee, The School of Public Health at Columbia University, the American Psychiatric Association, and Planned Parenthood. The tape ends with a panel discussion mediated by Agronski with Faye Wattleton, former president of Planned Parenthood, Eleanor Smeal, former president of National Organization for Women, Republican Congressman, Bob Dornan of California, and Nellie Gray from March for Life.
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.
Women in Nicaragua - Cultural Insurrection Women in Nicaragua - Cultural Insurrection
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: V 483Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Women organize to end violence against women and children in Nicaragua. They refer to this movement as the second revolution or the revolution from within.
Marilyn Buck in the DC Jail Marilyn Buck in the DC Jail
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: M 093Format: DVDCollection: Marilyn Buck
Recorded in Spring 1989 in the DC Jail, Marilyn discusses a wide variety of topics. Raw materials.
Forty-Eight Hours: Women Doing Time Forty-Eight Hours: Women Doing Time
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: V 574Format: VHSProgram: CBS NewsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Discusses the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, including the newborn baby policy and battered women's program. Shows a glimpse of the prisoners' everyday life. Interviews various prisoners and connects many of their crimes to drugs and domestic violence. Interview with infamous inmate Jean Harris, who murdered a well-known diet doctor/cardiologist.