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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.

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Cleaver From Algiers Cleaver From Algiers
Author: Eldridge CleaverPublisher: BPPDate: 1/12/1971Volume Number: 12-JanFormat: MonographCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Position on drug culture in U.S. as it relates to carrying out the revolutionary struggle
Elsa Knight Thompson Letter in response to Cyrill Abels Elsa Knight Thompson Letter in response to Cyrill Abels
Author: Elsa Knight ThompsonPublisher: KPFADate: 3/24/1969Volume Number: 24-MarFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Letter in response to Cyrill Abels re: Eldridge Cleaver having rights to talk he gave on KPFA re: Bobby Hutton shooting, and correspondence leading up to this KPFA clarification letter.
Release Eldridge Cleaver Release Eldridge Cleaver
Author: Mrs. Kathleen CleaverFormat: PamphletCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
"An appeal for letters demanding justice from the California Adult Authority"
Eldridge Cleaver Decision Eldridge Cleaver Decision
Date: 6/11/1968Volume Number: 11-JunFormat: MonographCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Solano Superior Court Judge Raymond Sherwin ruled that Cleaver's parole was improperly suspended after April shootout (in which Bobby Hutton killed) and reinstated Cleaver's parole
Eldridge Cleaver Talks Eldridge Cleaver Talks
Publisher: KPFADate: 5/27/1968Volume Number: 27-MayFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Press release re: Cleaver accusing Oakland Police of murdering Bobby Hutton on April 6, 1968
Eldridge Cleaver Presidency Campaign Press Release Eldridge Cleaver Presidency Campaign Press Release
Publisher: Eldridge Cleaver for President Committee, Peace and Freedom Party, BPPDate: 5/13/1968Volume Number: 13-MayFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Press release/statement re: why Cleaver should be elected President.
An Undying Love An Undying Love
Date: 5/31/1969Volume Number: 31-MayFormat: FlyerCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Flyer: "release Eldridge Cleaver rally," at Parole Office in San Francisco, with Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, and Kathleen Cleaver
Plea for Support in the Release of Eldridge Cleaver Plea for Support in the Release of Eldridge Cleaver
Publisher: International Committee to Release Eldridge CleaverFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Letter to Elsa Knight Thompson asking for her support in effort to release Eldridge Cleaver; organization's "Bay Area Co-Chairmen" include James Baldwin, Ossie Davis, Dr. Carlton Goodlett.
Jaco-bin Jaco-bin
Volume Number: First EditionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Re: Peace and Freedom Party - includes "Cleaver enters Pres. Race"; "Berkeley begs bread to stop Panthers, PFM"; "A PFM Exclusive! Excerpts from official Berkeley report to US governmen t (re: BPP)"; "write in Dick Gregory for president"
Chant for Our Times Chant for Our Times
Author: Eldridge CleaverFormat: PoemCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge