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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.
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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Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison
Call Number: PM 227Format: CassetteCollection: Assata Shakur
This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side."
Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison
Call Number: PM 228Format: CassetteCollection: Assata Shakur
Same as PM 227. This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side."
Robert F. Williams Robert F. Williams
Call Number: DOC 036Format: Finder's GuideCollection: Robert F. Williams!
Robert F. Williams materials, includes writings by Williams, and biographical writings on Williams, including. Also includes William's newsletter The Crusader, and interviews with him.
The Black Voice The Black Voice
Publisher: The Black VoiceVolume Number: Vol. 5-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
The U.S. Imperialist State and the Black Nation The U.S. Imperialist State and the Black Nation
Author: Saladine MuhammadPublisher: The Institute of Black Political StudiesFormat: TranscriptCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Speech initially given at a forum in the US Black National Question, along with another major speaker on the topic, Imini Baraka, chairman of the Revolutionary Communist League. Brother Saladin Muhammad is a member of the National Central Committee of the Afrikan Peoples Party.
Remember Fred Hampton Mark Clark Remember Fred Hampton Mark Clark
Publisher: December 4th CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Fred Hampton
Prisoners of War: The Case of the New York Three Prisoners of War: The Case of the New York Three
Publisher: Friends of the New York 3Format: MonographCollection: New York 3
Contains information about the NY3, background to the case and why the states case is phony and statements from Herman, Jalil and Albert.
New York Three Freedom Campaign Dear Friend New York Three Freedom Campaign Dear Friend
Publisher: New York Three Freedom CampaignFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: New York 3
Letter soliciting contributions for the NY3
Solidarity Statement from Nuh Washington Solidarity Statement from Nuh Washington
Author: Nuh WashingtonFormat: StatementCollection: New York 3
Statement in solidarity with Marilyn Buck
The New York Three The New York Three
Format: FlyerCollection: New York 3
Flyer soliciting support for the NY3 and encouraging folks to write to the three political prisoners.