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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.
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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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200 Protest Marion 'dungeon' 200 Protest Marion 'dungeon'
Author: Larry DavisPublisher: Southern IllinoisianYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 4/30/1989 article on the 4/29/1989 protest at USP Marion.
Protest Slated Against Marion Prison Protest Slated Against Marion Prison
Author: Sonya RosePublisher: Chicago DefenderYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 4/29/1989 article on protest at USP Marion. Reproduction of "'Barbaric' Prison Conditions Hit" on reverse side.
End the Marion Lockdown End the Marion Lockdown
Author: Abbe SudvargPublisher: Southern IllinoisianYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 4/28/1989 opinion piece/personal account of working with CEML to shut down Marion USP.
Chicago Group to Protest Conditions at Marion Pen Chicago Group to Protest Conditions at Marion Pen
Author: Rob WickPublisher: Marion Daily RepublicanYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
4/28/1989 article on 4/29/1989 CEML protest at Marion USP. Includes quotes from interview with Lourdes Lugo, Nancy Kurshan and Doug Spalding. 2 copies are reproductions.
Barbaric" Prison Conditions Hit Barbaric" Prison Conditions Hit
Author: Sonya RosePublisher: Chicago DefenderYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 4/8/1989 article regarding 4/29/1989 demonstration at USP Marion. Includes handwritten outline of events to take place during demonstration.
Protestors Confront Federal Prison Chief Protestors Confront Federal Prison Chief
Publisher: Chicago TribuneYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Article on the 11/12/1988 Quinlin protest CEML at the 40th annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
The Marion Penitentiary: It Should by Opened Up, Not Locked Down The Marion Penitentiary: It Should by Opened Up, Not Locked Down
Author: Steve WhitmanPublisher: Southern IllinoisianYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 8/27/1988 opinion piece on the Bureau of Prison's denial of third party inspections inside USP Marion.
State Dept. Weaves tangled Web on Cuban Jails State Dept. Weaves tangled Web on Cuban Jails
Authors: Adrian DeWind, Aryeh NeierPublisher: New York TimesYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 7/26/1988 response to "Cuba Has to Do More Than Fix Up Its Prisons" (Richard Schifter) by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Americas Watch Committee.
Racism in Prison System is Topic of Lawyers Guild Meet Racism in Prison System is Topic of Lawyers Guild Meet
Publisher: People's Daily WordYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 7/23/1988 article on the Lawyers Guild luncheon discussion of the disproportionate numbers of African Americans in the US prison system
Cuba Has to Do More Than Fix Up Its Prisons Cuba Has to Do More Than Fix Up Its Prisons
Author: Richard SchifterPublisher: New York TimesYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 7/11/1988 opinion piece by the Secy. Of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs on the Cuban prison system.