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

Huey Newton press conference Huey Newton press conference
Call Number: KP 083Format: CassetteCollection: Huey Newton
Huey Newton gives a press conference where he refutes Stokely Carmichael’s claim to have started a Black Panther chapter in Jordan. Newton goes on to criticize the “inner circle” of racist reactionary capitalists and separate the Black Panther Party from Black Power. He also comments on the Soledad prisoners and demands that inmates be considered political prisoners.
Gil Noble interviews Assata Shakur in Havana, Cuba Gil Noble interviews Assata Shakur in Havana, Cuba
Date: 4/10/1988Call Number: V 127Format: VHSProducers: Gil NobleProgram: Like it IsCollection: Assata Shakur
Documentary on Assata Shakur, in exile in Havana, Cuba with discussion of the Black Liberation Movement, history of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, her capture and life before and after. Documentary footage also includes Fannie Lou Hamer, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, Julian Bond Followed by a panel discussion hosted by Gil Noble with Dorothy Cotton, Lynn Jeffries, Gloria Richardson & Ben Chavis.
Kwame Ture - Northwestern University Kwame Ture - Northwestern University
Date: 2/16/1989Call Number: V 374Format: VHSCollection: Kwame Ture
Speaking about the civil rights (human rights) movement and the Black Liberation struggle.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther Party for Self DefenseYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 June 20Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Panthers Demand Independence for N. Richmond Area.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther Party for Self DefenseYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 1-4 July 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Stokely Carmichael Drafted! By Executive Mandate no. 2
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1968Volume Number: Vol. 2-1 March 16Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Pigs Run Amok! Also featuring an execlusive interview with Huey Newton, In Defense of Self-Defense
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 4 No. 25-26 May 31Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Babylon