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

Racism in Wartime Racism in Wartime
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1991Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
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5th Annual Run Against the Klan 5th Annual Run Against the Klan
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
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It Can't Happen Here? We Won't Let it Happen Here! It Can't Happen Here? We Won't Let it Happen Here!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
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More Ways to Say No More Ways to Say No
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Just Say No to Nazis campaign vs. nazi skinheads
White House Sit-In Flyer White House Sit-In Flyer
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: FlyerCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Flyer for a planned mass sit-in at the White House in protest of the Vietnam War
A Call to All Students to March on Washington to end the War in Vietnam A Call to All Students to March on Washington to end the War in Vietnam
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 4/17/1965Volume Number: 17-AprFormat: FlyerCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Flyer providing detailed information on the April 1965 Anti-War March on Washington
Free Patricia! Vigil for the Release of Patricia Hearst Free Patricia! Vigil for the Release of Patricia Hearst
Format: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
A flyer for a vigil demanding the release of Patricia Hearst.
Fight Psychiatric Rape! Demonstration and Rally for Patricia Tania Hearst Fight Psychiatric Rape! Demonstration and Rally for Patricia Tania Hearst
Volume Number: 22-OctFormat: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
A flyer for a demonstration against the use of psychiatric opinions in the case of the kidnapping of Patrica Hearst.
SLA Memorial SLA Memorial
Publisher: Friends of Angela AtwoodVolume Number: 2-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
A flyer inviting all to a Symbionese Liberation Army Memorial put on by the friends of Angela Atwood.
Popeye Jackson Assasinated Popeye Jackson Assasinated
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveFormat: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This flyer announces the assasination of both Popeye Jackson and Sally Voye.