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

Support New Afrikan Freedom Fighters! Forum Support New Afrikan Freedom Fighters! Forum
Format: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Cultural Program, speakers include: Kwame Kalimara from the National Committee to Defend New Afrikan Freedom Fighters; representative from the Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom Fighters and a representative from the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee.
Resistance Grows from the Strategy to Win! Resistance Grows from the Strategy to Win!
Author: Judy ClarkYear: 1981Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Message From a Revolutionary Freedom Fighter: A Letter from Judy Clark Message From a Revolutionary Freedom Fighter: A Letter from Judy Clark
Publisher: May 19 Communist OrganizationDate: 10/1981Volume Number: OctoberFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Stop Grand Jury Attacks Resist Don't Collaborate! Stop Grand Jury Attacks Resist Don't Collaborate!
Publisher: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom FightersFormat: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Stop the Grand Jury! Resist Come to Court! Stop the Grand Jury! Resist Come to Court!
Publisher: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom FightersYear: 1982Format: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Open Letter Against U.S. Government Repression Open Letter Against U.S. Government Repression
Date: 1/31/1983Volume Number: 31-JanFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Resist! Don't Collaborate! Stop Grand Jury Terrorism Protect Our Freedom Fighters! Resist! Don't Collaborate! Stop Grand Jury Terrorism Protect Our Freedom Fighters!
Publisher: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters; Women's Committee Against GenocideFormat: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Interview with a Freedom Fighter Interview with a Freedom Fighter
Author: Tanya DavisPublisher: The Black AmericanVolume Number: Vol. 21-9Format: ArticleCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Defend the October 20th Freedom Fighters! Demonstrate Defend the October 20th Freedom Fighters! Demonstrate
Publisher: National Committee to Defend New Afrikan Freedom Fighters; Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom FightersFormat: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters