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.

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Brief Biography of Morton Sobell Brief Biography of Morton Sobell
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
In honor of Malcom X on his birthday In honor of Malcom X on his birthday
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdoqnYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for Malcom X film screening on 5/19/1987.
Letter/Phone Campaign to Shut Down Lexington Control Unit Letter/Phone Campaign to Shut Down Lexington Control Unit
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer requesting volunteers to write or phone the Bureau of Prisons to shut down the Lexington control unit
End the Marion Lockdown: Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit End the Marion Lockdown: Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit, National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for 12/19 demonstration.
Morton Sobell--Human Rights Activist--To Visit Chicago Morton Sobell--Human Rights Activist--To Visit Chicago
Author: Steven OschraffPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
6/1/1987 Announcement of Morton Sobell speaking engagement
The Changing Face of Justice: A One-Day Conference at Lake Forest College The Changing Face of Justice: A One-Day Conference at Lake Forest College
Publisher: Lake Forest CollegeYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for 10/6/1987 event featuring Martin Sobell.
People's tribunal to expose the Crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units People's tribunal to expose the Crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown; Committee to Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit; National committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Flyer for 10/24/1987 tribunal.
People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit; National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising tribunal for 10/24/1987. Includes general information on Marion and Lexington, schedule, list of witnesses and justices.
Who is Morton Sobell? Who is Morton Sobell?
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising 10/22/1987 brunch with Morton Sobell as speaker
Female High Security Unit Female High Security Unit
Publisher: Daedalus Productions, Inc..Year: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Reproduction. Media mateirals attached.