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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.

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My Refusal to Remain Silent: A Press Release of the SHU My Refusal to Remain Silent: A Press Release of the SHU
Publisher: South Chicago ABCFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Statement from an Indiana SHU
Targets of FBI Crimes Charge Collusion Between Prosecution and Defense in Washington Trial of Former FBI Officials Targets of FBI Crimes Charge Collusion Between Prosecution and Defense in Washington Trial of Former FBI Officials
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 1/1/1979Volume Number: 1-JanFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cointelpro
Targets of FBI Crimes Charge Collusion Between Prosecution and Defense in Washington Trial of Former FBI Officials
Plaintiffs Challenge Government's Cover-UP At First Public Court Appearance Plaintiffs Challenge Government's Cover-UP At First Public Court Appearance
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 7/6/1979Volume Number: 6-JulFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cointelpro
Plaintiffs Challenge Government's Cover-UP At First Public Court Appearance
Federal Appeals Court Gives Richard Nixon Extra-Legal Rights To Immediate Appeal of Denial of Absolute Immunity for Crimes Federal Appeals Court Gives Richard Nixon Extra-Legal Rights To Immediate Appeal of Denial of Absolute Immunity for Crimes
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 3/11/1980Volume Number: 11-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cointelpro
Federal Appeals Court Gives Richard Nixon Extra-Legal Rights To Immediate Appeal of Denial of Absolute Immunity for Crimes
After four years After four years
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 3/1/1979Volume Number: 1-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cointelpro
Press Release four years into the organization's campaign
RE: Crisis Response RE: Crisis Response
Author: Paul BoothPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Proposals for local coordinators to discuss before the May 9th SDS meeting at Swarthmore College
Statement on Student March on Washington Statement on Student March on Washington
Authors: Norman Thomas, A.J. Muste, Bayard Rustin, Robert W. Gilmore, H. Stuart Hughes, Ed Clark, Roget Lockard, Emily Parker Simon, Alfred Hassler, Charles Bloomstein, Harold TaylorPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 4/16/1965Volume Number: 16-AprFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Statement on the eve of the March on Washington
Urgent: SDS Chapters, March coordinators and other local groups Urgent: SDS Chapters, March coordinators and other local groups
Authors: Paul Booth and Todd GitlinPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Includes a plan of action for the weeks following the March on Washington, including end the war in Vietnam week, May 9th Conference on Summer Program, and a National Teach-in.