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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.
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.

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Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: April-May Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents: 6 PUERTO RICO 12 REVIEW: AKWASASNE NOTES 16 FIREWORKS: THE WAR OF 1898 17 THE VOLUNTEER ARMY 21 TOOLBOX: SELF-DETERMINATION 22 ZIONISM IS RACISM 24 EYE OF THE STORM: ANGOLA 26 PAUL ROBESON 27 CHOU EN-LAI
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: June-July Vol. 2-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents: 3 NEWS 6 i CUBA Si! 9 OUT OF WORK 12 FIREWORKS : RECONSTRUCTION 14 FREDERICK DOUGLASS1 4th OF JULY SPEECH 16 WHERE WE STAND 21 EYE OF THE STORM: BOSTON 23 200 YEARS OF DECEIT & DISGRACE 24 TOOLBOX: SUPEREXPLOITATION 25 FICTION: THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE
The Last SLA Statement: an interview with Russ Joe Bill & Emily The Last SLA Statement: an interview with Russ Joe Bill & Emily
Authors: Emily Harris, Bill Harris, Russell Little, Joseph RemiroPublisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveYear: 1976Format: PamphletCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
An interview with Emily Harris, Bill Harris, Russell Little and Joseph Remiro who were all members of the Symbionese Liberation Army. The interview follows the history of the SLA from the formation of the group in August 1973 until its declared end in 1976. The interview comments on the assassination of Marcus Foster, the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, the Hibernia Bank Robbery, and the shootout on May 17th, 1974. The members also comment on their views of future revolutionary movements.
200 Years of Oppression is Enough 200 Years of Oppression is Enough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1976Format: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement about the July 4th coalition intended to challenge the bi-centennial in 1976.
A Single Spark: Internal Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee A Single Spark: Internal Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 5/1976Volume Number: MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
In this Issue: The main thrust of this issue of the newsletter is rectification. It contains a political history of the two line struggle in the organization, self-criticisms from National Committee members who take main responsibility for leading in the incorrect line; evaluations of the process of rectification in the chapters. There are three articles dealing with programmatic thrust and work that members of the organization are involved in; articles concerning the struggle against sexism in the organization, Juky 4th, and a leaftlet written by the Boston chapter addressing the situation in that city.
A Single Spark: Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee A Single Spark: Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1976Volume Number: FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
In this Issue: The White Oppressor Nation; The National Question: Some Recent Positions; Rectification and PFOC's Analysis of July 4th; July 4th: National Evaluation; July 4th: New York Chapter; Rectification in Boston: The Anti-Racism Committee; A Report on the Native American Treaty Conference.