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

My name is Winnie Mandela/War Games My name is Winnie Mandela/War Games
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismFormat: ScriptCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Short monologues on the stories of women and conceptual theater piece on the role of women in the US war machine.
Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Gulf War Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Gulf War
Publisher: Arab Gay Men; Dykes and Gay Guys Emergency ResponseFormat: FlyerCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Advertisement for event on the parallel's between people's liberation in the Middle East and the Gay/Lesbian liberation movement.
Dykes and Fags Come Out... Against Racism Dykes and Fags Come Out... Against Racism
Publisher: Dykes and Gay Guys Emergency ResponseFormat: FlyerCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Flyer on Anti-Racist, Anti-colonialist educational points.
Dynamics of Color Conference Dynamics of Color Conference
Publisher: ZeeTop PublishingFormat: ProgramCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Description of workshops, panelists and speakers.
Visibility as a Strategy Visibility as a Strategy
Author: Carmen VásquezPublisher: The "L" WordVolume Number: Vol. 1-1 FallFormat: ArticleCollection: Women Against Imperialism
On visibility as a strategy to further the rights and goals of the lesbian community.
Lesbian Uprising Lesbian Uprising
Publisher: Lesbian UprisingVolume Number: MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Calendar of events, including Women Against Imperialism International Women's Day demonstration.
Statement from Prarie Fire Organizing Committee Statement from Prarie Fire Organizing Committee
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Formal statement against police rumors that members of PFOC were involved in an attack against Charles Morris, Publisher of gay community periodical The Sentinel.
Who's attack ing who? Blow the whistle on Urban Genocide! Who's attack ing who? Blow the whistle on Urban Genocide!
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Educational flyer on the destruction of black communities in San Francisco.
Women Across the U.S. Join Hands In Solidarity and resistance Women Across the U.S. Join Hands In Solidarity and resistance
Publisher: Bay Area Pledge of ResistanceFormat: FlyerCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Advertisement for "An evening of women speakers and music in solidarity with Palestinian, Iraqi and Kurdish women."
The Choral Majority Hymnal The Choral Majority Hymnal
Authors: Tim Curbo, Dan Hampshire, Leslie Hassberg, Amanda Newstetter, Larry WischPublisher: The Choral MajorityFormat: BookCollection: Women Against Imperialism
A compendium of satirical hymns and protest songs in solidarity with LGBT struggle.