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

Fight Police Brutality! Defend the Fight to Free Speech! Fight Police Brutality! Defend the Fight to Free Speech!
Publisher: The Committee to Defend the Chattanooga 3Format: FlyerCollection: Chattanooga 3
Support the Chattanooga 3: The facts surrounding the case, Disruption laws are Unconstitutional, What you can do to help.
Rally for Justice Rally for Justice
Publisher: The Committee for Justice for Tyrone GuytonYear: 1974Format: FlyerCollection: Tyrone Guyton
Flyer for a rally at the State Capital to demand a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate and prosecute Tyrone's murder
Common Sense Security: Tip Sheet for Staff Organizers Common Sense Security: Tip Sheet for Staff Organizers
Author: Sheila O'DonnelPublisher: Political Repression Project of the Center for Constitutional Rights; National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Grand Jury
Useful suggestions to resist repressive techniques of the state, corporations and the right wing. Also suggestions if you are visited by the FBI.
Dont Let Them Get Away With Murder Dont Let Them Get Away With Murder
Publisher: December 4th CommitteeYear: 1976Format: FlyerCollection: Fred Hampton
The mothers of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark sued State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan and the FBI after their sons murders. This flyer urgues folks to come to the trial.
WOMEN: THE WAR IS AT HOME WOMEN: THE WAR IS AT HOME
Format: FlyerCollection: Violence Against Women
Flyer containing facts to illustrate how deadly US society can be for women.
Popeye Jackson Assasinated Popeye Jackson Assasinated
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveFormat: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This flyer announces the assasination of both Popeye Jackson and Sally Voye.
Our Guerrilla Forces: SLA Flyer Our Guerrilla Forces: SLA Flyer
Format: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
A flyer with a poem on the back calling for union of all guerrilla forces. Also, the poem grieves for the loss of the six members of the SLA slain in Los Angeles.
Fight The Set-Up Fight The Set-Up
Author: Orphans of AmerikaPublisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveDate: 6/11/1975Volume Number: 11-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This flyer discredits a communique sent out by someone claiming to be the new World Liberation Front.