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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.

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SNCC Newsletter SNCC Newsletter
Publisher: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("SNCC"), AtlantaYear: 1962Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 Dec 14Format: PeriodicalCollection: SNCC
Listing of sit-ins, demos, arrests, etc. re: civil rights work in various cities and states, naming unsung heroes of movement; listing of what SNCC needs
Urgent Action Memorandum Urgent Action Memorandum
Publisher: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("SNCC"), AtlantaYear: 1962Format: CorrespondenceCollection: SNCC
Call to support Clyde Kennard, imprisoned in MS re: trying to integrate MS Southern University
Survey: Current Field Work Survey: Current Field Work
Publisher: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("SNCC"), AtlantaYear: 1963Volume Number: SpringFormat: MonographCollection: SNCC
Report of SNCC civil rights work in various southern locales, with demographic charts, 1st 4 Freedom Singers
Black Power Black Power
Authors: SNCC Vine City Project, AtlantaPublisher: U.S. National Student Assn.Year: 1966Volume Number: SummerFormat: MonographCollection: SNCC
Reprint of a position paper prepared just prior to SNCC's formal statement of Black Power
Excerpts from Liberation Excerpts from Liberation
Publisher: LiberationYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 14-9 JanFormat: ArticleCollection: SNCC
Article torn from magazine; includes poem Three Portraits [In Priam Memoriam
Pacific Scene Pacific Scene
Publisher: George Ballis, owner and publisher, FresnoYear: 1965Volume Number: Vol. V-5 FebFormat: PeriodicalCollection: SNCC
Includes: Moses of Mississippi-raises some universal questions; UC regents; Nation moves left; How to fire a union teacher; Downtown Negroes lose grip on NAACP
Behind the Hostile Press Campaign Unleashed by the Election of Stokely Carmichael Behind the Hostile Press Campaign Unleashed by the Election of Stokely Carmichael
Publisher: I.F. Stone's WeeklyDate: 6/6/1966Volume Number: 6-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: SNCC
Article photocopied from issue
Danville, Virginia Danville, Virginia
Publisher: SNCC, AtlantaDate: 8/1/1963Volume Number: 1-AugFormat: PamphletCollection: SNCC
Text and mostly photos of June 10, 1963 demonstration
Holmes County, Mississippi Holmes County, Mississippi
Authors: Holmes County Freedom Democratic Party, Lexington, MS, edited by Mary Varela of SNCCPublisher: KIPCO, Jackson, MSYear: 1967Volume Number: SpringFormat: MonographCollection: SNCC
By Holmes County Freedom Democratic Party, working to organize a political machine to reach every single black voter in the county
The Movement The Movement
Author: California Friends of SNCCPublisher: SNCC, San FranciscoDate: 6/9/1963Volume Number: 9-JunFormat: PeriodicalCollection: SNCC
Marching Through Selma - A Special Supplement of Documents and Analysis