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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.
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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.
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President to President: On the Question of Human Rights President to President: On the Question of Human Rights
Publisher: National RNA-11 Defense CommitteeYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Imari Abubakari Obadele, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika (named a political prisoner by Amnesty International) challenges US President Jimmy Carter on Oppression of Blacks, Indians and Others, Genocide, Slave Labor in Prisons, Prisoner Exchange and the US Silence on the Vicious Anti-Black COINTELPRO
On Captured Citizens, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of War: A New Afrikan Perspective On Captured Citizens, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of War: A New Afrikan Perspective
Author: Atiba ShannaPublisher: New Afrikan Independence MovementFormat: ArticleCollection: Republic of New Afrika
This article is an updated version of Toward Clarity on CC's, PP's and POW's written in 1978 and published in Notes From a New Afrikan POW Journal Book Two.
Application for Repatriation and Dual Citizenship for African American Political Prisoners of War and Ex-Political Prisoners Application for Repatriation and Dual Citizenship for African American Political Prisoners of War and Ex-Political Prisoners
Publisher: December 12th Movement International SecretariatYear: 1994Format: MonographCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Historical Persepctive on Political Prisoners and POWs from the Black Liberation Movement being held in the US. Includes profiles on political prisoners and the Geneva Convention Regulations as related to prisoners of war.
The Black Man and Self-Defense The Black Man and Self-Defense
Author: Robert F. WilliamsYear: 1962Format: ExcerptCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Chapter taken from Negroes with Guns.
Victory is Near: The Prisoner of War & Our Quest for Sovereign Immunity Victory is Near: The Prisoner of War & Our Quest for Sovereign Immunity
Publisher: The Republic of New AfricaFormat: PamphletCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Discusses the importance of land in the Black struggle, declaration of independence, financial appeal, prisoners of war.
The New Afrikan: The Official Organ of the Republic of New Afrika The New Afrikan: The Official Organ of the Republic of New Afrika
Publisher: The Republic of New AfricaVolume Number: Vol. 8-3 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Black Nation Unite or Perish. Special eight page pullout on the death penalty case of the Pontiac Brothers
The Malcolm Generation & Other Stories The Malcolm Generation & Other Stories
Author: Imari Abubakari ObadelePublisher: House of SonghayYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Table of Contents: The Killing (a short story); The Writer (a short-short story); The Gift of Imani (a short story); The Malcolm Generation (a play).
RNA Announces Voting Sites in Bid to Govern State's "Second Largest City" RNA Announces Voting Sites in Bid to Govern State's "Second Largest City"
Publisher: The Mississippi EnterpriseDate: 9/1976Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Republic of New Afrika
reproduction of original article
RNA Calls for Support of Black Election to Assure Legal City Council in 1977 RNA Calls for Support of Black Election to Assure Legal City Council in 1977
Publisher: The Mississippi EnterpriseDate: 8/1976Volume Number: AugustFormat: ArticleCollection: Republic of New Afrika
reproduction of original article
The New Afrikan: The Official Organ of the Republic of New Afrika The New Afrikan: The Official Organ of the Republic of New Afrika
Publisher: The Republic of New AfricaYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 6-2 December 25Format: PeriodicalCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Cover Story: Imari Predicts Victory Despite Jail