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

Stop SCAN Recruitment at Park Slope Sports! Stop SCAN Recruitment at Park Slope Sports!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer with information about Park Slope Sports, a sporting goods store that serves as a recruiting center for SCAN.
Women's Book and Poetry Fair Women's Book and Poetry Fair
Publisher: The Moncada Library and the Women's Committee Against GenocideVolume Number: 22-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Support Yellow Thunder Camp: Evening in Solidarity with Native American Struggles Support Yellow Thunder Camp: Evening in Solidarity with Native American Struggles
Publisher: The Moncada Library and the May 19th Communist OrganizationVolume Number: 27-SepFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
A brief history of the Yellow Thunder encampment, the Black Hills, Native Sovereignty and Native resistance.
Long Live Palestine! Long Live Palestine!
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 11-MayFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information on back about Palestinian resistance, Zionism, and the JDL.
Come to a Forum Come to a Forum
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 27-OctFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Benefit for National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research
An Evening in Solidarity with the Pontiac Brothers An Evening in Solidarity with the Pontiac Brothers
Publisher: The Moncada Library, May 19th Communist Organization and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 31-JanFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Background on the Pontiac Brothers case and upcoming actions in protest.
Come to a Community Meeting Get S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope! Come to a Community Meeting Get S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 28-MayFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Who's Behind the Police Vest Campaign? Who's Behind the Police Vest Campaign?
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
List of known businesses and induviduals who supported the police vest campaign.