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, specifcally AND/+, NOT/-, and OR operators. 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.
Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Search Results

The Movement [June 1968] The Movement [June 1968]
Publisher: The Movement Press (Affiliated with SNCC and SDS)Date: 6/1968Call Number: Volume Number: VOL. 4 NO. 5Format: PeriodicalCollection: The Movement Newspaper
A monthly newspaper covering social justice issues and the movements of the 60s. Articles include: police shooting of Bobby Hutton, Columbia University taking over Harlem land, bombing of office of La Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, arrest of Reies Tijerina, white response to white racism, poem (We Are Not Americans), review of "Soul on Ice", analysis of progressive movement failures, SF Bay Area high school participation in International Student Strike, National Community Union school for organizers, seizing streets in Oakland, critique of Ralph Gleason, Sanitation worker strike/union success (Memphis, TN), German student demonstrations, Anti-war activities on military bases, high school organizer arrested, Oakland 7 court case, Oakland police attack on Black Panther Party.
The Movement [September 1968] The Movement [September 1968]
Publisher: The Movement PressDate: 9/1968Volume Number: Vol. 4-8Format: PeriodicalCollection: The Movement Newspaper
The cover of this issue is dedicated to the beginning of Huey Newton\'s trial. The other articles discuss police repression of Chicano student movement, anti-draft protests, Eldridge Cleaver\'s candidacy as President of the United States, the legal situation of the \"Oakland Seven,\" and the challenges posed by the efforts of organizing the National Lawyer\'s Guild.
Y.L.O. Newsletter (unknown month) 1969 Y.L.O. Newsletter (unknown month) 1969
Publisher: Young Lords OrganizationYear: 1969Call Number: Volume Number: vol. 1-4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
Bilingual. Inside: Letters to Y.L.O.; You Can't Kill a Revolution; Revolutionaries Serve the People!; 'El Barrio Esta Despierto'; YLO In Revolution; YLO Festival; Los Nuestros; Free Clothing Program; Dear "Pig" Sidney; Letters to YLO cont.; "Don't Forget" Doña Trina; Puerto Rico: "Island Paradise" of U.S. Imperialism; National Action in Solidarity with Vietnam; New York Y.L.O.