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

LA5 Defense Update LA5 Defense Update
Publisher: PFOCFormat: MonographCollection: LA Five
Update on the defense case of the LA Five. Includes a focus on Weathfug/RAIPE Programs that entrapped the LA Five.
Free the L.A. Five! Free the L.A. Five!
Publisher: PFOCYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: LA Five
Contents include: Who are the LA 5?; The US State and the LA 5- the Campaign Against Terrorism; and Why we support the LA 5.
Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1980Volume Number: SummerFormat: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
Cover Story: Government Moves to Consolidate COINTELPRO Cover-Up: Nixon Granted Stay - FBI Trial Postponed.
Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims
Authors: Nkechi Taifa, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Michael Tarif Warren, Bruce Ellison, Geronimo ji Jaga, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Human Rights Research Fund, Release 2001Year: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
Los Derechos Humanos en los Estados Unidos: El Relato Inconcluso Sobre Los Presos Politicos y de las Victimas de Cointelpro Los Derechos Humanos en los Estados Unidos: El Relato Inconcluso Sobre Los Presos Politicos y de las Victimas de Cointelpro
Authors: Nkechi Taifa, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Michael Tarif Warren, Bruce Ellison, Geronimo ji Jaga, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Human Rights Research Fund, Release 2001Year: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
In Spanish. This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community
Publisher: National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation & ResearchFormat: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
reproduction of documents
Stop the Grand Jury! Defeat the Federal Rico Indictment! Stop the Grand Jury! Defeat the Federal Rico Indictment!
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationFormat: MonographCollection: May 19th Communist Organization
Why this indictment?; The FBIs Offensive; RICO- Who Sets the Terms?;Stop FBI Repression- Stop the RICO Grand Jury