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

Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 5/1981Volume Number: MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Clark Plaintiffs Confront FBI; Victory in Pontiac Trial - State's Strategy Defeated; US "Anti-Terrorism": Counterinsurgency of the 80's; US Gov't Escalates Attacks on Black Liberation Movement; Reagan Pardons Cointelpro Criminals; Arab Student Fights Deportation; Zairean CIA Agents in the US; Red Squad Settlement Continues COINTELPRO Cover-up; Committee Targests Struggles for Human Rights; David Truong Appeals Court Decision; Puerto Rican POW Kidnapped by State
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 2-2 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: life of George Jackson and Attica uprising p. 1 - Attica Brothers Attacked p. 8 - Defend the August 8th Brigade! P. 14 - Claim No Easy Victories: another look at IWY p. 16 - The Longest Walk p. 25 - Esta Lucha No Se Para, interview with Ricardo Romero p. 29 - Free Dessie Woods! photo essay p. 37- US Colonialism's Terrorist Squads in Puerto Rico, statement by the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional p. 41 - Free Geronimo Pratt p. 44 - By Any Means Necessary, writings of the Black Liberation Army p. 50 - Solidarity with the SLA Prisoners of War Billy & Emily Harris courtroom statement p. 58 PFOC analysis p. 61 - Naminia will be Free, interview with Aaron Shihepo, SWAPO Deputy Sec. for Foreign Relations p. 64 - breakthrough evaluation p. 74 - correspondence p. 75
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 3-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Revolutionary Internationalism and oppressor nation working class p. 1 - Self-Determination and African Liberation in the u.s.a. (reprint from Soulbook) p. 9 - Armed Struggle until Victory: Patriotic Front defeating US secret war p. 17- The Struggle is for (Native American) Sovereignty: interview with Sid Welsh p. 27, reprinted from Crazy Horse Spirit p. 28, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee p. 33 - Defend Rearguard of revolutionary Puerto Rican Independence Movement, Jose Lopez, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional at UN Committee on Decolonization Aug. 1978 p. 36 - Dessie Woods p. 42 - Build African National Prison Organization, Burning Spear Dec. 1978 p. 42 -Iranian People Oust Shah's Regime p. 53 - Iranian people's Fedaii Guerrillas p. 54 - Iranian People Kicked Him Out; Don't Let Shah in US (reprint from Resistance Jan. 1979) p. 56 - Correspodence p. 59
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1977Volume Number: Vol. 1 No. 3-4 Oct-DecFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial Statement, PFOC National Committee: the neo-colonial Carter Administration is reactionary not liberal p. 1; neo-colonialsim and increased attacks on national liberation p. 1 - Chimurenga! Interview with a representative of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) p. 7 - Free Skyhorse and Mohawk! statement from prison by Paul Skyhorse and Richard Mohawk p. 17 - the Meaning of Miami by lesbians and gay men of PFOC p. 19 - What the Guardian Guards p. 28 - Behavior Modification in South Africa and US Prisons, photo essay p. 38 - August 21st at the Gates of San Quentin p. 45 - Movement Builds to Free Dessie Woods, Smash Colonial Violence p. 50 - September 12: the Assassination of Steve Biko p. 56 - Support Sid Welsh! p. 58 - Open Letter to the Weather Underground by the New York Panther 21 (1971) p. 59 - Hit and Run Editors (Guardian) p. 76 - stop the grand juries - independence for Puerto Rico p. inside back cover
Arm the Spirit Arm the Spirit
Publisher: Haight - Ashbury Arts WorkshopYear: 1979Volume Number: No. 3 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Articles include: Free the Pontiac Brothers! Demands to the California Department of Corrections from San Quentin Prisoners, Open Letter to Africans of British Isles from an African in N. America, LA County Jail Colonial Violence, Stop the New Prisons, Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre!, Aisha Audeh Released from Israeli Prison, Support Minimum Wage Bill for Prisoners.
Arm the Spirit Arm the Spirit
Publisher: Haight - Ashbury Arts WorkshopYear: 1979Volume Number: No. 4 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Articles include: Honor Fallen Freedom Fighters: Build Black August Month, Message from S.Q. Adjustment Center, Black Cultural Development and Revoluti onary Growth, Pontiac Update, Report from Folsom: Did Folsom Prison Of ficials have Complicity in Racist Attack on Blacks, Lewisburg Manifesto, B.L.A Under Attack, Call to Build a National Black Human Rights Coalition, Black Prison Guards, A Brief History on the Formation of ZANLA, Close Marion Control Unit!
This is the Time This is the Time
Publisher: Southern Africa Organizing CommitteeYear: 1980Volume Number: Vol. 1 No. 4 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Contents include: Namibia- the last colony; Angola under Attack- South African troops, US Maneuvers; Resist Draft Registration- Oppose US Intervention; Cuba Update; Reconstruction in Zimbabwe
People\'s Power in Mozambique and Guinea Bissau People\'s Power in Mozambique and Guinea Bissau
Publisher: Mozambique and Guine Information CentreYear: 1976Volume Number: No. 4 September-OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Guinea Bissau People\'s National Assembly
Arm the Spirit Arm the Spirit
Publisher: Haight - Ashbury Arts WorkshopYear: 1979Volume Number: No. 5 NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Cover Story: Open Letter to Black People in US Prisons
Arm the Spirit Arm the Spirit
Publisher: Haight - Ashbury Arts WorkshopYear: 1980Volume Number: No. 7 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Cover Story: 17 Pontiac Brothers Face Death Penalty