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

Torture, American Style Torture, American Style
Publisher: Historians Against the WarVolume Number: No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Torture
Pontiac Prisoners support Coalition Newsletter Pontiac Prisoners support Coalition Newsletter
Publisher: Pontiac Prisoners Support CoalitionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Pontiac Brothers
Nesletter for the Pontiac Prisoners Support Coalition. No Volume or issue number given.
Pontiac Prisoners support Coalition Newsletter Pontiac Prisoners support Coalition Newsletter
Publisher: Pontiac Prisoners Support CoalitionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Pontiac Brothers
Nesletter for the Pontiac Prisoners Support Coalition. No Volume or issue number given.
Arm The Spirit Arm The Spirit
Publisher: Regional Young Adult ProjectFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Cover Story: Message from the Editors; The Current Situation in the Political Prisoner Unit AKA Management Control Unit at California State Prison at San Quentin
WAI Newsletter WAI Newsletter
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismVolume Number: Vol. 1-2 November 18Format: PeriodicalCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Includes: REPORT FROM THE 10/16/90 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING; GENERAL MEETINGS/DISCUSSIONS; SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS; Update from BARA (Bav Area Anti-Racist Action); STILL AIN'T SATISFIED; International Women's Day 1990; INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 1991 TOUR GUIDE;
Lesbian Uprising Lesbian Uprising
Publisher: Lesbian UprisingVolume Number: MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Calendar of events, including Women Against Imperialism International Women's Day demonstration.
Homage to George Homage to George
Publisher: Berkeley BarbVolume Number: Aug 25-31Format: PeriodicalCollection: George Jackson
POW Update POW Update
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersVolume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Contents: Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners of War are Free; Vieques Example of Valor; Contradictions of Andres' Funeral; Free Pablo and Nydia; Lares, Cradle of Our Army.
The Black Voice The Black Voice
Publisher: The Black VoiceVolume Number: Vol. 5-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Rompiendo Barrotes Rompiendo Barrotes
Authors: Rafael Cancel Miranda, Angel Garcia TrochePublisher: Comite Ofensiva '92 Are OesteVolume Number: 33817Format: PeriodicalCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Porque ni piense en probatoria - Why not consider the evidence & other news