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.

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The Resistance Conspiracy The Resistance Conspiracy
Date: 4/13/1989Call Number: PM 222Format: CassetteProgram: In our VoicesCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Judy Greenspan, Mary O’Melviney, and Nikichi Taifa -- lawyers and activists-- discuss the Resistance Conspiracy Case and the struggles for Laura Whitehorn, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Tim Blunk, Susan Rosenberg, and Alan Berkman, all charged with "conspiracy to protest and alter government policies through use of violence," specifically stemming from a bombing of the Capitol Building in 1983. This broadcast explores the political nature of the case, the lack of evidence and due process involved in this case, as well as the horrendous conditions faced by these prisoners of war. Judy Greenspan, Mary O'Melviney, and Nikichi Taifa also try to contextualize the actions of these prisoners with a broader justice movement against the crimes of the U.S. nationally and internationally.
The Crime of Politics The Crime of Politics
Author: Matthew RothschildPublisher: The ProgressiveDate: 5/1989Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Articles from the Progressive Articles from the Progressive
Publisher: The ProgressiveDate: 5/1989Volume Number: MayFormat: CompilationCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Prisoner of Conscience Prisoner of Conscience
Author: Bonnie UrferPublisher: The ProgressiveDate: 5/1989Volume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Part of a compilation of articles from the Progressive
Toxins on Tap? Toxins on Tap?
Author: Linda RocawichPublisher: The ProgressiveDate: 5/1989Volume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Part of a compilation of articles from the Progressive
The Involuntary Tourist The Involuntary Tourist
Author: Matthew RothschildPublisher: The ProgressiveDate: 5/1989Volume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Part of a compilation of articles from the Progressive
The Crime of Politics The Crime of Politics
Author: Matthew RothschildPublisher: The ProgressiveDate: 5/1989Volume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Part of a compilation of articles from the Progressive