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

10th Person Subpeonaed to Grand Jury Investigating the Puerto Rican Independence Movement 10th Person Subpeonaed to Grand Jury Investigating the Puerto Rican Independence Movement
Publisher: Resistance Task ForceVolume Number: 26-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Free Dessie Woods Free Dessie Woods
Publisher: New York Committee to Defend Dessie WoodsFormat: MonographCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Congolese National Liberation Front Congolese National Liberation Front
Author: Antoine MaranduraFormat: MonographCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Free Jomo; Come to Court Free Jomo; Come to Court
Publisher: Moncada LibraryFormat: MonographCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Dollars for bullets: A Campaign in Solidarity with the People's Liberation Army of Namibia Dollars for bullets: A Campaign in Solidarity with the People's Liberation Army of Namibia
Publisher: Material Aid Campaign for ZanuFormat: MonographCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Resistance at Bedford Hills Prison Resistance at Bedford Hills Prison
Publisher: Solidarity with Sisters Inside CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Cointelpro 1980: Blueprint for Fascism Cointelpro 1980: Blueprint for Fascism
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, May 19 Communist OrganizationVolume Number: 7-NovFormat: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Azania Women Freeom Fighters Azania Women Freeom Fighters
Publisher: Women's Committee Against GenocideFormat: MonographCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Support Laura Whitehorn! Support Laura Whitehorn!
Volume Number: 15-NovFormat: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Free the Republic of New Afrika - 11 Free the Republic of New Afrika - 11
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationVolume Number: 22-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)