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

Ruchell Magee Ruchell Magee
Date: 8/1/1993Call Number: KN 003Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 93Collection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Edited actuality w/ Ruchell Magee who talks about his case, Aug 7, 1971. Includes George Jackson actuality about Aug 7.
Black August Black August
Date: 8/1/1993Call Number: KN 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 93Collection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
George Jackson, Mumia Abu Jamal (from CD) and Black August Commentary read by ?, Shiba Haven, Georgia Jackson, John Cluchette, Fleeta Drumgo, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez on Hugo Pinell, Kiilu Nyasha
Yasir Arafat at National Press Club Yasir Arafat at National Press Club
Date: 9/14/1993Call Number: CE 438Format: Cass A & BCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Chairman of the PLO speaks the day after signing an accord with Israeli government.
Mix of Stories from NPR and CBC Mix of Stories from NPR and CBC
Date: 3/29/1993Call Number: CE 664Format: CassetteCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
KQED story on secret files compiled for ADL; CBC with David Williams, tank commander of an all-Black WW II tank battalion seeking recognition for a hero of a battle, Ruben Rivers; part of a speech by Robert Meeropol in Toronto on the case of his parents, the Rosenbergs, and an alleged statement by Nikita Kruschchev.