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

Demand a Stop of Undue Harassment to Assata and the Women of Clinton Demand a Stop of Undue Harassment to Assata and the Women of Clinton
Format: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
Highlights Seven Changes in Administration Policy and Practice since Assata arrived.
Assata Bulletin Assata Bulletin
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 2/21/1977Volume Number: 21-FebFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Assata Shakur
Information includes: All White Jury Selected; Assata Denied Right to Make Opening Statement; The Week in Court; Supporters Harrassed in Court; Press Coverage Biased as Ever; To My People (Assata Statement).
Women in Prison: How We Are Women in Prison: How We Are
Author: Assata ShakurPublisher: The Black ScholarDate: 4/1978Volume Number: AprilFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
Reproduction of original article.
Assata Shakur- The Interview Assata Shakur- The Interview
Publisher: Pan-African News WireDate: 5/2/2003Volume Number: 2-MayFormat: TranscriptCollection: Assata Shakur
Reproduction of Interview from 2003.
Message on the 5th Anniversary of the Marion Lockdown Message on the 5th Anniversary of the Marion Lockdown
Author: Assata ShakurPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownDate: 10/22/1988Volume Number: 22-OctFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Transcript of a recorded message from Assata.
Joanne Chesimard is Not Receiving a Fair Jury Joanne Chesimard is Not Receiving a Fair Jury
Publisher: National Coalition to Defend Assata ShakurFormat: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
flyer with updates about jury selection in Assata's trial
Who is Assata Shakur Slave Name JoAnne Chesimard Who is Assata Shakur Slave Name JoAnne Chesimard
Format: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
From behind bars in New Jersey this sister wrote a statement to her people
Assata Bulletin Assata Bulletin
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 5/2/1977Volume Number: 2-MayFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Statement by Assata to her supporters
Message of Condolences on the Transition of Our Revolutionary Sista, Comrade and Friend Safiya Bukhari Message of Condolences on the Transition of Our Revolutionary Sista, Comrade and Friend Safiya Bukhari
Author: Assata ShakurDate: 8/29/2003Volume Number: 29-AugFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
statement of condolence from Assata
Transcript of Communique Transcript of Communique
Author: Assata ShakurFormat: TranscriptCollection: Assata Shakur
Transcript of communique We Will Win