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

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
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.
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.
The FBI is in Town The FBI is in Town
Publisher: National Lawyers GuildFormat: PamphletCollection: Grand Jury
Pamphlet informing people of their rights not to talk to the FBI.
Grand Juries: Did you know? Grand Juries: Did you know?
Publisher: New MovementFormat: PamphletCollection: Grand Jury
Contains information about how the Puerto Rican independence movement is being targeted by grand juries.
Non-Collaboration: The ONLY Answer to Political Investigations Non-Collaboration: The ONLY Answer to Political Investigations
Publisher: Stop the Witch Hunts!Format: PamphletCollection: Grand Jury
Statements from Grand Jury Resisters: Bob Lederer, Terry Bison, Christine Rico, Sandra Roland, Julie Nalibov, Steven Burke
Your Rights and the Grand Jury Your Rights and the Grand Jury
Publisher: Coalition to End Grand Jury AbuseFormat: PamphletCollection: Grand Jury
Contains information on grand juries, fighting the subpoena, preparing for the grand jury, refusing to testify and mounting an offensive campaign.