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

The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service
Publisher: New Panther Vanguard MovementYear: 2000Volume Number: Vol. 1-7 AutumnFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Modern Globalism is Reactionary Intercommunalism; The Death Penalty: Civilized Lynching
Information Papers No. 14 - The Development of Palestinian Resistance Information Papers No. 14 - The Development of Palestinian Resistance
Author: Walter LehnPublisher: Association of Arab-American University Graduates Inc.Date: 6/1974Volume Number: JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestine Related Academic Papers
A history of Palestinian Arab resistance to colonialism, beginning in 1882 to 1971
Information Papers No.18 - Arab Peace-Efforts and the Solution of the Arab-Israeli Problem Information Papers No.18 - Arab Peace-Efforts and the Solution of the Arab-Israeli Problem
Publisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 2/1976Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestine Related Academic Papers
A close study of the history of peace efforts and the search for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, covering three periods: 1920-1948; 1948-1967; 1967-present
Zionism - The Forgotten Apartheid Zionism - The Forgotten Apartheid
Publisher: Al-Talib and AlKalimaVolume Number: Special EditionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
A collaboration between two news magazines focusing on giving the reader a brief understanding of Zionism and its effects. Includes facts, a timeline, an expose on torture, massacres and human rights violations. Also contains information on foreign aid, Israel's international war crimes and more.
The Black Panther: Black Community News Service The Black Panther: Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther Party for Self-DefenseYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 1-6 November 23Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Right On! Right On!
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: POSHU 1 No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Off Our Backs: A Women's Newsjournal Off Our Backs: A Women's Newsjournal
Publisher: Off Our Backs CollectiveYear: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 20-2 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
"Celebrating 20 Years with OOB"
The Rallyer The Rallyer
Publisher: The RallyerYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 2 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Inside this Issue: A day to resist, a day to mourn; wall of women; vital drug banned; more.
Voices from Death Row Voices from Death Row
Publisher: The Other SideYear: 1992Volume Number: September-OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Death penalty
Periodical focusing on illuminating the voices of those on death rows across the United States
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther Party for Self DefenseYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 June 20Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Panthers Demand Independence for N. Richmond Area.