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

Female High Security Unit Female High Security Unit
Publisher: Daedalus Productions, Inc..Year: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Reproduction. Media mateirals attached.
With the State Marshalling Resources to execute Teenagers, Can We Risk an Unfair Trial? With the State Marshalling Resources to execute Teenagers, Can We Risk an Unfair Trial?
Publisher: Death Penalty Focus of CaliforniaFormat: FlyerCollection: Death penalty
Flyer about concerns with the case People v. Polk in which two African-American teenagers are facing the death penalty.
Free Assata Shakur flyer Free Assata Shakur flyer
Publisher: National Coalition to Defend Assata ShakurYear: 1977Format: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
Trial Date January 17, 1977, Come to Court.
Determined to Kill a Field Nigger Determined to Kill a Field Nigger
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
Chronology of the State of New Jerseys attempts to convict Assata Shakur.
The New York Three The New York Three
Format: FlyerCollection: New York 3
Flyer soliciting support for the NY3 and encouraging folks to write to the three political prisoners.
National Conference Against Repression: A Call to Resist National Conference Against Repression: A Call to Resist
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Proposition of a national conference against repression and fascism to discuss the many ramifications of US imperialist repression, and to develop a national strategy and program against fascism.
Demand a Stop of Undue Harassment to Assata and the Women of Clinton Demand a Stop of Undue Harassment to Assata and the Women of Clinton
Format: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
Highlights Seven Changes in Administration Policy and Practice since Assata arrived.
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.
Support the Resistance Conspiracy Case Support the Resistance Conspiracy Case
Publisher: Washington Area Committee for Political Prisoners' RightsFormat: FlyerCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Flyer to "Stop Preventive Dentention- Release Laura Whitehorn on Bail" with graphic
Who is Assata Shakur Slave Name JoAnne Chesimard Who is Assata Shakur Slave Name JoAnne Chesimard
Format: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
From behind bars in New Jersey this sister wrote a statement to her people