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

Letter to Brothers and Sisters in Struggle [with enclosures] Letter to Brothers and Sisters in Struggle [with enclosures]
Publisher: Black Panther Newspaper CommitteeYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Announcement for the Black Panther, Black Community News Service: Memorial Issue. Includes explanation of purpose and front page of issue.
Form Letter Form Letter
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Dated February 22, 1990
Letter to Coordinating Body Members Letter to Coordinating Body Members
Author: Vicki LegionPublisher: Freedom Now!Year: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduced with handwritten notes.
Letter to "Larry" Letter to "Larry"
Authors: Akil Al-Jundi, David Block, Marilyn kalman, Vicki Legion, Shelley Miller, Ahmed Obafemi, Josefina Rodriguez, Rev. Michael YasutakePublisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduced with handwritten notes.
Letter to "Jose" Letter to "Jose"
Author: Luis Nieves FalconYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction of translation.
Letter to Letter to
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction.
Letter to Vicki Legion Letter to Vicki Legion
Publisher: Bill DunneYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction of handwritten letter
Letter to Friends Letter to Friends
Author: Luis Nieves FalconYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now FN - Tribunal
Letter pertaining to the Tribunal on Politica/POW Prisoners in the United States 12/7-10/1990
Letter to Friend Letter to Friend
Authors: Margaret Randall, Rafael cancel Miranda, Dan BerriganPublisher: Freedom Now!Year: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now FN - Tribunal
Reproduction
Letter to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Letter to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Year: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now FN - Tribunal
Reproduction. Author/Organization unknown