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

Former Black Panthers Meet in Oakland Former Black Panthers Meet in Oakland
Publisher: San Francisco ChronicleDate: 1/3/1992Volume Number: 3-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Deadly defense: women who kill abusers Deadly defense: women who kill abusers
Author: Candy J . CooperPublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 8/30/1992Volume Number: 30-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: Violence Against Women
Reproduction of original article.
Premeditated Execution: The Supreme Court is the death penaltys final arbiter, but the US must decide what it achieves Premeditated Execution: The Supreme Court is the death penaltys final arbiter, but the US must decide what it achieves
Author: Hendrik HertzbergPublisher: Time MagazineDate: 5/18/1992Volume Number: 18-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Death penalty
Reproduction of original article
ACLU Plans Suit to Challenge Prison Censorship ACLU Plans Suit to Challenge Prison Censorship
Author: Hanna W. RoslaPublisher: New Jersey Law JournalDate: 12/7/1992Volume Number: 7-DecFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
reproduction of original article.
New prison fills security gap New prison fills security gap
Publisher: Kit Troyer (Maine Sunday Telegram)Year: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Photocopy of article on new prison in Maine.
Prison protestors call for end to isolation units Prison protestors call for end to isolation units
Publisher: Emily. J. Hornaday (Trenton Times)Year: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Photocopy of article on 5/13/1992 protest at USP Trenton, NJ. Part of 1/5/1995 AFSC Memorandum.
N.J. political prisoners do hard time in solitary N.J. political prisoners do hard time in solitary
Publisher: Bill Sanderson (The Record); Ojore LutaloYear: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Photocopy of article on USP Trenton lockdown conditions. Copy 1 part of 1/5/1995 AFSC Memorandum. Copy 2 part of 11/7/1995 mailing. Copy 3 donated by AFSC, including collage by Ojore Lutalo
Coalition Puts the U.S. on 'Trial' for Genocide Coalition Puts the U.S. on 'Trial' for Genocide
Author: Dexter WaughPublisher: ExaminerDate: 10/3/1992Volume Number: 3-OctFormat: ArticleCollection: 1992 Tribunal
Former Black Panthers Plead for Geronimo Pratt Former Black Panthers Plead for Geronimo Pratt
Author: Bill SnyderPublisher: Oakland TribuneDate: 1/3/1992Volume Number: 3-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Former Panthers Speak Out for Pratt Former Panthers Speak Out for Pratt
Author: Larry HatfieldPublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 1/1/1992Volume Number: 1-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article