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.

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The Black Scholar Interviews: Alfred "Skip" Robinson The Black Scholar Interviews: Alfred "Skip" Robinson
Author: Robert AllenPublisher: The Black ScholarYear: 1979Volume Number: March-AprilFormat: ArticleCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Robinson is the leader of the United League of Mississippi, which organized in 15 counties of MS and parts of Alabama and Tennessee to protest racism, police brutality, black land grabs, terrorism by KKK, and to fight for adequate housing, healthy care, jobs, and schools
Jacobin Books: Mail Order Catalog and Review Jacobin Books: Mail Order Catalog and Review
Year: 1988Volume Number: WinterFormat: CatalogCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Marxism and Black Liberation Marxism and Black Liberation
Publisher: Peoples CollegeYear: 1980Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
BLA Study Guide BLA Study Guide
Publisher: BLA Coordinating CommitteeYear: 1977-78Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Freedomways Freedomways
Publisher: FreedomwaysYear: 1980Volume Number: Vol. 20-2Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
A Scientific Approach to Black Liberation A Scientific Approach to Black Liberation
Author: Abdul AlkalimatPublisher: Peoples CollegeDate: 6/1974Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Which Road Against Racism and Imperialism For the Black Liberation Movement? This is the edited text of a speech presented to a conference called by the African Liberation Support Committee. The purpose of the conference was to engage in intense ideological struggle.
Awakening of a Dragon Awakening of a Dragon
Publisher: Black Community News LetterYear: 1975Volume Number: Vol. 13 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Class Struggle and the Origin of Racial Slavery: The Invention of the White Race Class Struggle and the Origin of Racial Slavery: The Invention of the White Race
Author: Theodore William AllenPublisher: New England Free PressYear: 1976Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
A treatment of racial slavery as a response to class struggle and of the consequences for the entire working class. This article is a slightly expanded form of a talk originally presented February 23, 1974 at the New Haven meeting of the Union of Radical Political Economists. It appeared in Radical America, May-June, 1975, Volume 9, Number 3.
Freedomways Freedomways
Publisher: FreedomwaysYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 11-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
How a Minority Can Change Society How a Minority Can Change Society
Author: George BreitmanPublisher: Merit PublishersYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications