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

Blacks Britannica: A Film on the Black Liberation Struggle in Britain Blacks Britannica: A Film on the Black Liberation Struggle in Britain
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 17-FebFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Benefit for the National Black Human Rights Coalition
Sunday Night Movies at the Moncada Library Sunday Night Movies at the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Join a Class on the Black Liberation Struggle Join a Class on the Black Liberation Struggle
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Stop SCAN Recruitment at Park Slope Sports! Stop SCAN Recruitment at Park Slope Sports!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer with information about Park Slope Sports, a sporting goods store that serves as a recruiting center for SCAN.
A Free and Independent Zimbabwe: A Defeat for U.S. Imperialism & White Supremacy A Free and Independent Zimbabwe: A Defeat for U.S. Imperialism & White Supremacy
Publisher: The Moncada Library, May 19th Communist Organization and New York Material Aid Campaign for ZANU (PF)Date: 6/8/1980Volume Number: 8-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information about the anti-colonial struggle in Zimbabwe.
Women's Book and Poetry Fair Women's Book and Poetry Fair
Publisher: The Moncada Library and the Women's Committee Against GenocideVolume Number: 22-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Support Yellow Thunder Camp: Evening in Solidarity with Native American Struggles Support Yellow Thunder Camp: Evening in Solidarity with Native American Struggles
Publisher: The Moncada Library and the May 19th Communist OrganizationVolume Number: 27-SepFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
A brief history of the Yellow Thunder encampment, the Black Hills, Native Sovereignty and Native resistance.
Long Live Palestine! Long Live Palestine!
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 11-MayFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information on back about Palestinian resistance, Zionism, and the JDL.
Come to a Forum Come to a Forum
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 27-OctFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Benefit for National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research