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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.
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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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Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary
Author: Frederico R. TovarPublisher: Plus UltraFormat: BookCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Biography of Puerto Rican liberation leader Albizu Campos. The leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party for over 30 years, Campos has been called one of the most inspirational political leaders of the 20th century.
Declaration to the International Community Regarding the Crime of Genocide Against the People of Puerto Rico Declaration to the International Community Regarding the Crime of Genocide Against the People of Puerto Rico
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalFormat: StatementCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
Table Contents- Education: Instrument for the Destruction of the National Culture; Forced Emigration: Dispersion of the Puerto Rican Nation; Public Health: Tool for the Decimation of the Puerto Rican Nation; Repression: Physical Destruction of the Independence Movement and the Puerto Rican People; Conclusion.
Lolita Lebron on Puerto Rican Independence Lolita Lebron on Puerto Rican Independence
Format: mp3Collection: Puerto Rico
A clip taken from a conversation between Puerto Rican independista Lolita Lebron and interviewer Barbara Lubinski. At the time, Lolita was being held in Alderson Federal Prison for her role in the 1954 Attack on Congress. Taken from CD 884.
Alejandrina Torres on Puerto Rican Independence Alejandrina Torres on Puerto Rican Independence
Format: mp3Collection: Puerto Rico
Alejandrina Torres speaks about Puerto Rican independence and US repression of their national liberation struggle. Taken from CD 800.
Puerto Rico Fact Sheet: Independence or Annexation Puerto Rico Fact Sheet: Independence or Annexation
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional; New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceFormat: ReportCollection: New Movement
Report with information on the history of Puerto Rico, its political status, its economic situation, important dates in Puerto Rican history, resistance to US colonialism, Vieques, colonial political parties in Puerto Rico and independence parties and organizations.
Due Obedience - Fires Due Obedience - Fires
Author: Gino LofredoFormat: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
First chapter of Due Obedience Fire/ Obediencia debida Fuegos. translated by Marilyn Buck.
The Indispensables The Indispensables
Publisher: Editorial El conquiFormat: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
The struggle and ideals of Puerto Rican prisoners of war Edwin Cortes, Alejandrina Torres and Alberto Rodriguez and of political prisoner Jose Luis Rodriguez
Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Publisher: ProLibertadFormat: PamphletCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Pamphlet on the campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war. 2nd copy incomplete. Includes: What is ProLibertad?; Who Are the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War?; Puerto Rico's colonial case; Arrests; Punitive Sentences; Human Rights violations. Includes call to action.
FALN Communique 2-28-1982 FALN Communique 2-28-1982
Publisher: FALNVolume Number: February 28Format: CommuniqueCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Communique claiming responsibility for the bombings on Wall Street on Sunday February 28, 1982.