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

Five Years After Soweto: An evening in commemoration of Azania's fallen heroes and heroines Five Years After Soweto: An evening in commemoration of Azania's fallen heroes and heroines
Publisher: Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: South Africa
Events include a film (End of the Dialogue) and eyewitness report and slides of SOWETO uprising.
Constructive Engagement: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat African Liberation and Build Neo-colonialism Constructive Engagement: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat African Liberation and Build Neo-colonialism
Publisher: Revolution in Africa Action CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
A critical analysis of the current US policy toward Africa and an argument for building anti-imperialist solidarity with African liberation.
Waiting to Die in Pretoria Waiting to Die in Pretoria
Author: Phyllis NaidooPublisher: Phyllis NaidooYear: 1990Format: MonographCollection: South Africa
This monograph focuses on death row and prison under the Apartheid state.
Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Press Statement Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Press Statement
Publisher: The Anti-Springbok-5 Defense CommitteeDate: 3/19/1982Volume Number: 19-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: South Africa
Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Correspondence Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Correspondence
Publisher: The Anti-Springbok-5 Defense CommitteeDate: 11/15/1981Volume Number: 15-NovFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: South Africa
Madame Binh Graphics Collective Correspondence Madame Binh Graphics Collective Correspondence
Publisher: Madame Binh Graphics CollectiveDate: 11/23/1981Volume Number: 23-NovFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: South Africa
Letter in support of the Springbok 5
Azanian Women Freedom Fighters showing Six Days in Soweto Azanian Women Freedom Fighters showing Six Days in Soweto
Publisher: Womens Committee Against GenocideFormat: FlyerCollection: South Africa
Victory to the Struggle of the Azanian People for Liberation Victory to the Struggle of the Azanian People for Liberation
Publisher: Revolutionary Communist Youth BrigadeFormat: FlyerCollection: South Africa
Emergency Demonstration Emergency Demonstration
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down South African Airways, Freedom Rising Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 8/17/1985Volume Number: 17-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for demonstration in San Francisco against South African Airways
You Have Touched the Women, You Have Struck a Rock You Have Touched the Women, You Have Struck a Rock
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismFormat: MonographCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
One-page publication explaining South African women's struggles