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

Does the FBI/CIA = US Govt Terrorism? Expose COINTELPRO Does the FBI/CIA = US Govt Terrorism? Expose COINTELPRO
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationFormat: FlyerCollection: May 19th Communist Organization
Speakers include Afeni Shakur; Ahmed Obafemi, Muntu Matsimela, Jeffrey Haas. Benefit for the National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Ligitation and Research and National RNA-11 Defense Committee.
Free Asasata Shakur Free Asasata Shakur
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationFormat: FlyerCollection: May 19th Communist Organization
Flyer solicting support for Assata Shakur.
Boycott The Gods Must Be Crazy Boycott The Gods Must Be Crazy
Publisher: Art Against ApartheidFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for picketing of film at UA Theater in Berkeley and Vogue Theater in San Francisco
Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity Committee Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity Committee
Format: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Call to demonstrate against South African Airways
Azania Will Be Free! Down with South Africa! Azania Will Be Free! Down with South Africa!
Publisher: Pan Africanist Congress, Prairie Fire Organizing Committee, Freedom Rising! Arica Solidarity CommitteeVolume Number: 13-AprFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Event to celebrate 25th anniversary of Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, part of national tour of John Nyati Pokela, with African Dance of Kusema Vijiti Institute
Labor Movement Takes on Apartheid South Africa Labor Movement Takes on Apartheid South Africa
Publisher: Bay Area Free South Africa MovementFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Urging people to wear a red ribbon, which means Stop Apartheid Now!
Free the RNA-11 Free the RNA-11
Publisher: The Moncada Library and May 19th Communist OrganizationFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
A Benefit for the National RNA-11 Defense Committee
The Spook Who Sat by the Door and Potemkin The Spook Who Sat by the Door and Potemkin
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Upcoming films to be shown at the Moncada Library
About the New York Three About the New York Three
Publisher: New York Three Freedom Campaign West Coast CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: New York 3
Fact sheet about the New York Three
A Luta Continua and Women of Telecommunications Station #6 A Luta Continua and Women of Telecommunications Station #6
Publisher: The Moncada Library and Women's Committee Against GenocideFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Moncada Library film showings with speakers and discussion