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

Soulbook #10: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica Soulbook #10: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica
Publisher: SoulbookYear: 1975Volume Number: Vol. 3-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Soulbook
Table of Contents: Black Street Nationalism; Self-Determination and African National Liberation; Ethiopian Womens Position Paper on the National Question; The Movement and the Black Drug Problem; Reject Notes (Poetry); To All Pan African Peoples of the World; Interview with Eusi Kwayana; Why I Refuse to Attend the 6th P.A.C.; African Descendants Law Students at Disneyland.
Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1979Volume Number: October-NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Special Issue: National Black Human Rights Campaign
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-2 February 6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Free Ruchell!
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-6 April 29Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: All Black People Got to Seize the Time for Unity! The Entire Community will decide the Results of the Gary, Indiana National Black Political Convention.