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.

Search Results

Abolish Abolish
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsYear: 1996Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Newsletter.
Community Whipping Pose: Abolish Racist Prisons Community Whipping Pose: Abolish Racist Prisons
Authors: Rosa Kurshan-Emmer, Nancy KurshanPublisher: Antioch RecordYear: 1996Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of article on the principles of Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Come Hear Abouth the Campaign to Fight Racist Imprisonment Come Hear Abouth the Campaign to Fight Racist Imprisonment
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1996Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising program at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, April 13, 1996
Suggested Detailed Schedule for May 4 Demo Suggested Detailed Schedule for May 4 Demo
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1996Format: AgendaCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Includes maps and directions
The Fire This Time The Fire This Time
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1996Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Movie flyer for 2/22/1997 screening
Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control unit PrisonsYear: 1996Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for Chicago Event. April 20, 1996
Join the Control Unit Emergency Response Network Join the Control Unit Emergency Response Network
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1996Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control unit PrisonsYear: 1996Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Program for Chicago Event. April 20, 1996
Cover Letter and Report for May 4, 1996 Demonstration Cover Letter and Report for May 4, 1996 Demonstration
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1996Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Includes reproduction of media clippings.
Prepared Remarks for April 20th, 1996 Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners Prepared Remarks for April 20th, 1996 Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Author: Mardge CohenYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Presented 4/20/1996: Mardge Cohen, a physician at Cook County Hospital, gives testimony on her work with families affected by HIV and poor people's heathcare.