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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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Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: 5 year memorial for George Jackson Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: 5 year memorial for George Jackson
Date: 8/21/1976Call Number: PM 011Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: George Jackson
Barbara Lubinski and Heber Dreher with 5 year memorial program to George Jackson, their voices, statement from Marilyn Buck, read by Barbara Lubinski, includes Otto René Castillo poem recited by Barbara Lubinski, Heber Dreher lists political prisoners, inserts of Georgia Jackson with music. NOTE: Says R/R #1 on box, so there may be another. Poor at start, improves, then SQUEAKS, then back to music. Quality uneven.
Dont Let Them Get Away With Murder Dont Let Them Get Away With Murder
Publisher: December 4th CommitteeYear: 1976Format: FlyerCollection: Fred Hampton
The mothers of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark sued State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan and the FBI after their sons murders. This flyer urgues folks to come to the trial.
Black Liberation Journal Black Liberation Journal
Publisher: Black Liberation JournalYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 Fall-WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
KPFA Radio News Summary and Update on the San Quentin Six Trial. KPFA Radio News Summary and Update on the San Quentin Six Trial.
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: KP 218BFormat: Cass BProducers: KPFACollection: George Jackson
Attorney for David Johnson, Frank Cox, filed an affidavit regarding Melvin Cotton Smith's role as a paid informant for the L.A. police department. The news summary gives a good and detailed history of the events surrounding George Jackson's death up to the circumstances involving the San Quentin Six. Included is information on James Carr, COINTELPRO, and the ideological split between Eldridge Cleaver and Huey P. Newton in the Black Panther Party. Contains excerpt of a recording of George Jackson talking three months before his murder, excerpts of an interview with Eldridge Cleaver in exile from Paris, and a telephone interview with Bob Gardner who witnessed the 1970 shootings of W. L. Nolan, Alvin Miller, Cleveland Edwards at Soledad Prison.
Clutchette Jailed After Oakland Shootout Clutchette Jailed After Oakland Shootout
Publisher: The Sun ReporterDate: 9/4/1976Volume Number: September 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Soledad Brothers
4th of July 1976 Anti-buy Centennial Statement 4th of July 1976 Anti-buy Centennial Statement
Author: Assata ShakurPublisher: National Coalition to Defend Assata ShakurYear: 1976Format: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Statement written for the US' bicentennial.
Funeral Service for Paul Robeson Funeral Service for Paul Robeson
Date: 1/27/1976Volume Number: January 27Format: EphemeraCollection: Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson: Selected Writings Paul Robeson: Selected Writings
Publisher: Paul Robeson Archives, IncYear: 1976Format: BookCollection: Paul Robeson
Soul Food/Soul Music Benefit for "Soul on Ice" Soul Food/Soul Music Benefit for "Soul on Ice"
Publisher: Eldridge Cleaver Defense FundDate: 1/24/1976Volume Number: 24-JanFormat: FlyerCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
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.