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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.
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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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10 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War Begin Hunger strike 10 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War Begin Hunger strike
Author: A.W. MaldonadoPublisher: New York TimesYear: 1983Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Places the "terrorist" acts of FALN in a historical context
Message of Solidarity to the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners Message of Solidarity to the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
Publisher: African National CongressYear: 1999Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Call for the 15 Puerto Rican Prisoners of war to be released
Tras Las Rejas - Behind bars: pardon for Puerto Rican independentistas Tras Las Rejas - Behind bars: pardon for Puerto Rican independentistas
Author: Ana MendietaPublisher: Exito - ChicagoYear: 1997Volume Number: V 5, No 38Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article about the campaign to free the Puerto Rican political prisoners
America's Prisoners America's Prisoners
Author: Lilliam RiveraPublisher: LatinaYear: 1998Volume Number: 36100Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Profiles on female FALN political prisoners Dylcia Pagan, Alicia Rodriguez and Carmen Valentin
Puerto Rican Inmate - a POW Puerto Rican Inmate - a POW
Author: Nora K. WallacePublisher: Santa Barbara News-PressYear: 1998Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Profile on Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Adolfo Matos.
Land of the Free?: Puerto Rican Political Prisoners in the U.S>A. Land of the Free?: Puerto Rican Political Prisoners in the U.S>A.
Authors: Maria Teresa Fernandez, Erican GonzalezPublisher: Urban Latino magazineYear: 1997Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article on Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Including the FALN 11. Spanish translation provided.
Demand grows to release Puerto Rican Prisoners Demand grows to release Puerto Rican Prisoners
Author: Daniel VilaPublisher: People's Weekly WorldYear: 1997Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article on campaign to press Bill Clinton for executive pardon of 15 Puerto Rican political Prisoners
Letter from Puerto Rican Congress-Persons to the President of the United States Letter from Puerto Rican Congress-Persons to the President of the United States
Authors: Abner J. Mikva, Luis Nieves-FalconYear: 1995Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Letter urging President Clinton to enact his resolution of Clemency for 15 Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
The Legal Context of the Campaign for the Release of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War The Legal Context of the Campaign for the Release of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Author: Jan SuslerPublisher: People's Law OfficeYear: 1995Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Report delivered at the International Seminar for Liberation of Puerto Rican political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
A Call to Conscience A Call to Conscience
Publisher: International League for the Rights and Liberation of PeoplesYear: 1994Collection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Plea to President Clinton to free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners