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

Park Slope Community Demonstrates Against Vigilante Recruitment Center Park Slope Community Demonstrates Against Vigilante Recruitment Center
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 6/9/1981Volume Number: 9-JunFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library
Statement of Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan Committee in Response to Police Attack Statement of Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan Committee in Response to Police Attack
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 5/14/1981Volume Number: 14-MayFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library
Statement about an attack on John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Moncada library members on May 9th, 1981 by Ralph Busti and police officers.
Demonstration to Protest the Building of a White Vigilante Motor Patrol (S.C.A.N.) in Park Slope, Brooklyn Demonstration to Protest the Building of a White Vigilante Motor Patrol (S.C.A.N.) in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 3/24/1981Volume Number: 24-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library
Expense Report for Black History Month Expense Report for Black History Month
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 13-FebFormat: ReportCollection: Moncada Library
Letter to Liberation Bookstore, Harlem New York Letter to Liberation Bookstore, Harlem New York
Author: Susan RautenbergPublisher: The Moncada LibraryDate: 2/23/1982Volume Number: 23-FebFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Moncada Library
Smash the Klan: Support the Struggle of Black People for Human Rights! Smash the Klan: Support the Struggle of Black People for Human Rights!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 23-FebFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer with information on the back about recent white supremacist and Klan activity, with graphic.
A Film: Revolution or Death and A program in solidarity with the revolution in El Salvador A Film: Revolution or Death and A program in solidarity with the revolution in El Salvador
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 12-AprFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer with information on the back about the liberation movement in El Salvador and the April 12th program of solidarity being held by the Moncada Library.
Stop Racist Terror in Park Slope! Stop the Attacks on the Moncada Library!! Stop Racist Terror in Park Slope! Stop the Attacks on the Moncada Library!!
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 14-OctFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer with information on the recent bombings and attacks on Moncada Library and its members as well as details about police harrassment and the library's mission.
Blacks Britannica: A Film on the Black Liberation Struggle in Britain Blacks Britannica: A Film on the Black Liberation Struggle in Britain
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 17-FebFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Benefit for the National Black Human Rights Coalition
Sunday Night Movies at the Moncada Library Sunday Night Movies at the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library