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

BLU Magazine BLU Magazine
Publisher: BLU MagazineYear: 2001Volume Number: Vol. 3-12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
2nd annual womens issue: Women in Community; Til We Free; Hip Hop Mamas; Taking Control: African Women Publishers; Influences; What Feeds You: Asian Women Activists; Linda Evans; Bahamadia; Indigo Girls; Mystic; Chumbawamba; Zap Mama; Busi Mhlongo; Flo Brown; Majestic; more.
The Fire Inside The Fire Inside
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersYear: 2001Volume Number: No. 18 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prisons - Women
Newsletter of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Prison Art Newsletter Prison Art Newsletter
Publisher: Prison Art NewsletterYear: 2001Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Art Newsletter
Prison Legal News Prison Legal News
Publisher: Prison Legal NewsYear: 2001Volume Number: FebuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Critical Resistance
Part of conference packet.
Prison Focus Prison Focus
Publisher: California Prison FocusYear: 2001Volume Number: No. 14 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Focus
Cover Story- Activism: Inside and Out
Verdict Verdict
Publisher: National Coalition of Concerned Legal ProfessionalsDate: 7/2001Volume Number: JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Attica
Its About Time Its About Time
Publisher: Its About Time CommitteeYear: 2001Volume Number: Vol. 5-2 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: It's About Time
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Publisher: American Educational TrustYear: 2001Volume Number: Vol. 20-8 NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Special Section on September 11th, the US, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Also special reports on seven topics.
Anarchist Panther Anarchist Panther
Author: Ashanti AlstonYear: 2001Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 Spring-SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anarchist Panther
Zine produced by political prisoner Ashanti Alston.
Redwire Magazine Redwire Magazine
Year: 2001Format: PeriodicalCollection: Native Americans
Native American Resistance in Vancouver