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

Nazi Skins Active in San Francisco Nazi Skins Active in San Francisco
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1988Format: CompilationCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
examples of Nazi skinhead flyers, JBAKC press release
Smash the Klan Smash the Klan
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1977Format: Press ReleaseCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
JBAKC press release about KKK activities at Napanoch Prison, New York, and other activities
the old man the old man
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: GraphicCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
portrait of john brown
Death to the Klan! Free the Land! Death to the Klan! Free the Land!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
black and white printed pamphlet
Free the Pontiac Brothers! The Pontiac Trial: Open Door to Fascism Free the Pontiac Brothers! The Pontiac Trial: Open Door to Fascism
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1980Format: PamphletCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
black and white printed pamphlet
Prisons: Fortresses of Repression Prisons: Fortresses of Repression
Publisher: Natl. Committee to Defend New Afrikan Freedom FightersYear: 1985Format: PamphletCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
printed pamphlet, 3 color cover
The Legacy of Malcolm X and the Struggle to Defeat the Ku Klux Klan The Legacy of Malcolm X and the Struggle to Defeat the Ku Klux Klan
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1983Format: PamphletCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
black and white printed pamphlet
The Dividing Line of the 80s: Take a Stand Against the Klan The Dividing Line of the 80s: Take a Stand Against the Klan
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
black and white printed pamphlet 32 pp
Dear Friends Dear Friends
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
white paepr
Just Say No to Nazis Just Say No to Nazis
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: EphemeraCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
yellow card stock