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

War in Amerika, 1981: Fight White Supremacy, Support the Black Liberation Army War in Amerika, 1981: Fight White Supremacy, Support the Black Liberation Army
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationYear: 1981Format: PamphletCollection: May 19th Communist Organization
A Poem for the Mothers and Children in Atlanta; Solidarity Statement from May 19th Communist Organization, New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day, July 18, 1981.
American Steel Jobs and South Africa American Steel Jobs and South Africa
Authors: Carole Collins, Kevin Danaher, Frank Mont, Melissa Pullins, Jean Sindab, Kenneth ZinnPublisher: United Steelworkers of America and the Washington Office on Africa Educational FundDate: 9/1984Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
"How U.S. support for South Africa affects your community
Come to South Africa Where You Can Expect the Unexpected Come to South Africa Where You Can Expect the Unexpected
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down South African AirwaysFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling to support to build the campaign against South African Airways
Demonstrate! Shut Down South African Airways Demonstrate! Shut Down South African Airways
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 3/13/1985Volume Number: 13-MarFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calls for demonstration to shut down South African Airways
Women, prison, globalization and resistence Women, prison, globalization and resistence
Publisher: Critical ResistanceFormat: PamphletCollection: Prisons - Women
Program for a collaborative performance work featuring prominent radical female activists and artists
Free the New Jersey 4! Free the New Jersey 4!
Publisher: Justice for the New Jersey 4Format: PamphletCollection: Prisons - Women
Newsprint
Prisoners Union: Convicts, Ex-convicts, and Concerned Individuals Fighting to Promote and Uphold the Rights and Welfare of California Prisoners Prisoners Union: Convicts, Ex-convicts, and Concerned Individuals Fighting to Promote and Uphold the Rights and Welfare of California Prisoners
Publisher: Prisoners UnionFormat: PamphletCollection: Prisoners Union
Pamphlet with general information on the Union and subscription information to the Prisoners Union Journal
Eddie Hatcher Execution Date??? Eddie Hatcher Execution Date???
Publisher: The Eddie Hatcher Defense CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Eddie Hatcher
Pamphlet on the history of Eddie Hatcher's case, imprisonment and call for his execution.
Marion Mind Control Prison of Today Marion Mind Control Prison of Today
Publisher: Committee to defend the Marion BrothersYear: 1976Format: PamphletCollection: Marion
History and conditions of Marion prison's Control Unit
Buried Alive in the Lexington Women's Control Unit Buried Alive in the Lexington Women's Control Unit
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control UnitFormat: PamphletCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Shut down all Control Units! Conditions in the High Security Unit and what you can do.