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

FILS (Florida Institution of Legal Services) and FPAN (Florida Prison Action Network) conference discussion FILS (Florida Institution of Legal Services) and FPAN (Florida Prison Action Network) conference discussion
Date: 4/20/1999Call Number: PM 311Format: Cass A & BCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Glen Bosher of FILS and Gayle Russell of FPAN discuss the current legal and political work being done to advocate for prisoners' rights, which are rapidly diminishing in the state of Florida. Florida's legislature has put into place increasingly draconian sentencing laws that take effect retroactively and conditions and actions in prisons frequently amount to psychological and sexual abuse and medical neglect of prisoners. Florida court proceedings allow for very little restorative justice in response to grievances.
Alicia Rodriguez in FCI Dublin Alicia Rodriguez in FCI Dublin
Date: 8/14/1999Call Number: PM 445Format: Cass A & BProducers: Art SatoProgram: In Your EarCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Art Sato interviews Alicia Rodriguez about the Puerto Rican independence movement and being a prisoner of war and political prisoner.
Ruchell Magee & Danny Franklin in Pelican Bay Ruchell Magee & Danny Franklin in Pelican Bay
Date: 8/13/1999Call Number: PM 449Format: Cass A & BProducers: CA Prison FocusCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Interview with Ruchell Magee and Danny Franklin in Pelican Bay SHU.