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

Women and the Klan Women and the Klan
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismFormat: StatementCollection: Women Against Imperialism
On the recruitment of women in the KKK, their leadership role and how the Klan's strategy of exploiting the women's movement aids white male supremacy.
Live Like John Brown! Live Like John Brown!
Format: StatementCollection: Moncada Library
Keep Assata Shakur Free! Keep Assata Shakur Free!
Format: StatementCollection: Moncada Library
Fight White Supremacy! Fight White Supremacy!
Format: StatementCollection: Moncada Library
Political Struggle in the Courtroom: Women Fight for Self-representation Rights Political Struggle in the Courtroom: Women Fight for Self-representation Rights
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement from Leslie Mullin and Judith Bissell of the LA Five on the historic context of the right of self-representation, access to legal resources and the LA Sheriff's department.
Defense Bulletin Defense Bulletin
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement providing information about the arrest of the LA Five and building a movement in support of the LA Five and all political prisoners and prisoners of war.
Fighting the State's Attacks Fighting the State's Attacks
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement about the arrest of the LA Five, COINTELPRO and self-criticism.
200 Years of Oppression is Enough 200 Years of Oppression is Enough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1976Format: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement about the July 4th coalition intended to challenge the bi-centennial in 1976.
Free the SLA Free the SLA
Author: SLAFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This statement written from the "underground" critiques the current revolutionary groups and provides directions for how the Left should continue. Its idea to unite the masses includes building a non-racist movement, incorporating the ideology of feminism into all theory and practice, and creating organizations capable of surviving repression from oppositional forces.