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

Fact Sheet on the Toxic Water at Marion Prison Fact Sheet on the Toxic Water at Marion Prison
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Crab Orchard water issue at Marion. Advertisement for demonstration on 5/3-5/5
A Call for Action A Call for Action
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertizes the Marion lockdown seventh anniversary conference and rally against proposed USP Florence. Includes schedule of events.
Stop the Brutality at Marion Prison! No More Contaminated Water! End the Lockdown! Stop the Brutality at Marion Prison! No More Contaminated Water! End the Lockdown!
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown; National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for demonstration on 5/3
Lexington control unit is closed-- now lets end the Marion Lockdown Lexington control unit is closed-- now lets end the Marion Lockdown
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Includes short piece on the compairson of Lexington and Marion to conditions in other prisons, the prevelance of political prisoners at Marion and the documentary "Through the Wire"
Marion Federal Penitentiary Fact Sheet Marion Federal Penitentiary Fact Sheet
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of war; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Free Kakwirakeron Free Kakwirakeron
Publisher: Free All Political PrisonersYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Native Prisoners
History of Kakwirakeron's (a.k.a. Arthur Montour) arrest and incarceration as well as a demand for his release
Research on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the US Research on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the US
Publisher: Research on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the USYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: New Afrikan Prisoners
Information on the institute and its activities
Before the International Tribunal on the Situation of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Held in United States Before the International Tribunal on the Situation of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Held in United States
Publisher: Committee to Free Alvaro hernandez & Alberto ArandaYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Raza Prison
Includes 12/7/1990 prisoner statements
Face Reality: There Are Political Prisoners in the U.S.A. Face Reality: There Are Political Prisoners in the U.S.A.
Publisher: Freedom NowYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: 1990 Tribunal
Faces of the political prisoners being held in the United States.