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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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A Guide to the Grand Jury A Guide to the Grand Jury
Authors: Kathy Boudin and Brian GlickPublisher: LiberationYear: 1969Volume Number: August-SeptemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Grand Jury
A mangled version of this article appeared in the June 1969 Liberation. Because of the articles importance, Liberation is presenting it here in its proper form.
A Guide to the Grand Jury A Guide to the Grand Jury
Authors: Kathy Boudin and Brian GlickPublisher: LiberationDate: 6/1969Volume Number: JuneFormat: ArticleCollection: Grand Jury
Article on how the grand jury is used to dismantle movements.
Why is Assata on Trial Why is Assata on Trial
Author: Edwin B. HoganPublisher: National Coalition to Defend Assata ShakurFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
Reprint of an article originally appearing in Contrast, Ontario Canada's Black Community Newspaper
Words from a Sister in Exile Words from a Sister in Exile
Author: Cheryll Y. GreenePublisher: EssenceDate: 2/1988Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
When revolutionary political activist Assata Shakur (previously JoAnne Chesimard) made a daring escape from prison in 1979, she- like our fugative slave ancestors- became legendary in the Black community. Here she speaks about her life in Cuba today.
Chesimard Accuses Police of Racism, Urges Blacks to Form Guerilla Units Chesimard Accuses Police of Racism, Urges Blacks to Form Guerilla Units
Publisher: The Star-LedgerDate: 10/19/1987Volume Number: 19-OctFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
reproduction of original article
On Captured Citizens, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of War: A New Afrikan Perspective On Captured Citizens, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of War: A New Afrikan Perspective
Author: Atiba ShannaPublisher: New Afrikan Independence MovementFormat: ArticleCollection: Republic of New Afrika
This article is an updated version of Toward Clarity on CC's, PP's and POW's written in 1978 and published in Notes From a New Afrikan POW Journal Book Two.
Park Slope Radicals Keep Talking As Fed Grand Jury Probes Connections to Nyack Shootout Park Slope Radicals Keep Talking As Fed Grand Jury Probes Connections to Nyack Shootout
Author: Bruce VailPublisher: The PhoenixDate: 3/18/1982Volume Number: 18-MarFormat: ArticleCollection: Moncada Library
Death Squads in the US: Confessions of a Government Terrorist Death Squads in the US: Confessions of a Government Terrorist
Author: Ward ChurchillPublisher: Z MagazineVolume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Article about the GOON (Guardians of the Oglala Nation) squads operating on Pine Ridge Reservation during the 1970s.
Z Magazine Z Magazine
Publisher: ZDate: 5/1997Volume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Subterfuge and Self-Determination: Suppression of Indigenous Sovereignty in 20th Century United States, by Ward Churchill
Z Magazine Z Magazine
Publisher: ZDate: 12/1995Volume Number: DecemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Fascism, the FBI & Native Americans, David Barsamian interviews Ward Churchill