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

Day Care in Cuba: Children Are the Revolution Day Care in Cuba: Children Are the Revolution
Authors: Marvin Leiner and Robert UbellPublisher: SRDate: 4/1/1972Volume Number: 1-AprFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
"Day Care in Cuba: Children Are the Revolution" - re: Sam Napier Institute
Letter re parole of David Hilliard Letter re parole of David Hilliard
Publisher: Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan & BrotskyDate: 9/15/1972Volume Number: Sept 15Format: CorrespondenceCollection: BPP_NoCal
Letter to CA Adult Authority to parole David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of Black Panther Party.
Press Release Press Release
Date: 12/5/1972Volume Number: Dec 5Format: Press ReleaseCollection: BPP_NoCal
For 12/5/72 press conference in Capitol Press Room, Sacramento with signers supporting his release, such as Assemblymen John Miller and Kenneth Meade, Sen. George Moscone, Ossie Davis, Jean Genet, Judy Collins, Benjamin Spock, etc.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-19 January 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Cease-Fire Verdict in LA
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-22 January 22Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Unity Ends Boycott: Agreement Reached Between Bill Boyette and Black Community
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-24 February 5Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Is There Peoples Power in Bangladesh?
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-28 March 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Welcome Home, Angela Davis
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-29 March 11Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Angela Davis, A Black Woman in the Liberation Struggle: Part 2 of a Conversation with Angela Davis
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-11 June 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: African Liberation Day! Over 25,000 U.S. Blacks Demonstrate Support of Motherland Liberation Struggles
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-12 June 10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Free Angela! Free All of Us! Angela Davis Finally Acquitted of False Charges