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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.
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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.

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Rape, Racism and the White Womens Movement: An Answer to Susan Brownmiller Rape, Racism and the White Womens Movement: An Answer to Susan Brownmiller
Author: Allison EdwardsPublisher: Sojourner Truth OrganizationFormat: MonographCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
A critique of Against Our Will and the tendency it represents. Also, a call for a new form of womens movement with a theoritical and programatic approach that will help women build a base powerful enough to begin to change society in such a way as will some day end the oppression of women, including the crime of rape.
Supplement Supplement
Author: Bobby SealeDate: 3/3/1968Volume Number: Mar 3Format: MonographCollection: Huey Newton
Supplement to Bobby Seale's presentation to the Alameda County Council Meeting, re: Huey Newton's Candidacy, 7th C.D.
From Soledad to San Quentin From Soledad to San Quentin
Publisher: Prison Solidarity CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: San Quentin Six
A history of California prison organizing in the early 1970s.
Geronimo Pratt: Frame-Up Exposed Geronimo Pratt: Frame-Up Exposed
Author: U.S. Congressman Ronald V. DellumsFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
Includes news articles from Los Angeles Times: "FBI Informant an Issue in New Trial for Ex-Panther"; "FBI Involvement in Pratt Case Disclosed"; FBI Inquiry on Pratt"; "Pratt Prosecutor Denies Knowing of Report by FBI"; "Black Panther to Seek New Trial in Murder"; "Panther to Seek New Trial"
Message to the Black Movement: A Political Statement from the Black Underground Message to the Black Movement: A Political Statement from the Black Underground
Author: Coordinating Committee Black Liberation ArmyPublisher: Autonomous ZoneDate: 3/1997Volume Number: MarchFormat: MonographCollection: BLA
A manifesto from the Black Liberation Army which they believe was issued in 1974 and 1975.
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
Memorandum In Re Motion to Suppress Evidence Memorandum In Re Motion to Suppress Evidence
Date: 1/20/1969Volume Number: Jan 20Format: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
Legal memo in Alameda County Superior Court, before Judge Lionel Wilson
The Folsom Prisoners Manifesto of Demands and Anti-Oppression Platform The Folsom Prisoners Manifesto of Demands and Anti-Oppression Platform
Publisher: California Prisoners UnionYear: 1970Format: MonographCollection: Folsom Manifesto
Reproduction on yellow paper
American Indian Prisoners In The U.S American Indian Prisoners In The U.S
Publisher: International Indian Treaty CouncilDate: 3/1978Volume Number: MarchFormat: MonographCollection: Native Prisoners
The struggle of Native people in United States, Native poltiical prisoners, and their brutal conditions in prisons.
Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare
Author: TayacanPublisher: CRS Language ServicesDate: 10/15/1984Volume Number: October 15Format: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
This book is a manual for the training of guerrillas in psychological operations, and its application to the concrete case of the Christian and democratic crusade being waged in Nicaragua by the Freedom Commandos. Table of Contents: Introduction; Combatant-Propagandist Guerrilla; Armed Propaganda; Armed Propaganda Teams; Development and Control of Front Organizations; Control of Mass Concentrations and Meetings; Massive In-depth Support through Psychological Operations; Techniques of Oratory.