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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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Statement from "Resistance Conspiracy Case" Defendants Statement from "Resistance Conspiracy Case" Defendants
Authors: Alan Berkman, Timothy Blunk, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Susan Rosenberg, Laura WhitehornDate: 7/1988Volume Number: JulyFormat: StatementCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Reproduction of the statements from the Defendants of the "Resistance Conspiracy Case" as seen in "Resistance Conspiracy Case'.
Dacajeweiah Statement Dacajeweiah Statement
Author: Dacajeweiah aka John HillFormat: StatementCollection: Native Americans
Statement from one of the two Attica Brothers on trial in 1974.
Arraigment Statement Arraigment Statement
Author: Dr. Alan BerkmanDate: 7/1/1985Volume Number: 1-JulFormat: StatementCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Reproduction of the arraignment statement from Anti-imperialist Dr. Alan Berkman.
Statement of Agreement on Behalf of Governor James G. Martin Statement of Agreement on Behalf of Governor James G. Martin
Author: Phillip J. Kirk Jr.Publisher: State of North CarolinaDate: 2/1/1988Volume Number: 1-FebFormat: StatementCollection: Eddie Hatcher
Statement from the Govornor of North Carolina agreeing to four demands from Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs in return for the safe release of the hostages at the Robesonian News.
Our Constitutional Rights: From a Statement Read Before the San Francisco Grand Jury Our Constitutional Rights: From a Statement Read Before the San Francisco Grand Jury
Author: Clayton Van LydegrafPublisher: Grand Jury ComixYear: 1973Volume Number: January-FebruaryFormat: StatementCollection: Grand Jury
Reproduction. Originally presented Jan-Feb. 1973.
Truth is Revolutionary Truth is Revolutionary
Author: Anthony RaysonPublisher: South Chicago ABC DistroDate: 4/22/2005Volume Number: 22-AprFormat: StatementCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Statement made at Beloit College Forum
No Iraqi Called Me a Nigger No Iraqi Called Me a Nigger
Author: Lorenzo Komboa ErvinFormat: StatementCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Support Chris Gatewood!
Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression
Author: Mao Tse-TungPublisher: Foreign Language PressDate: 4/16/1968Volume Number: 16-AprFormat: StatementCollection: Robert F. Williams!
Night of Solidarity Night of Solidarity
Publisher: Dessie Woods Solidarity CommitteeDate: 10/6/1978Volume Number: 6-OctFormat: StatementCollection: Dessie Woods
Statement from the Dessie Woods Support Coalition
Why Assata Must be Supported, and Why Such Support is Support of the Black Liberation Movement and Does Not Stand Above Correct Political Analysis Why Assata Must be Supported, and Why Such Support is Support of the Black Liberation Movement and Does Not Stand Above Correct Political Analysis
Publisher: BLA Coordinating CommitteeDate: 1/1977Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Support of sister Assata is support of the black liberation movement. There can be no seperation, nor will we allow any. Assata belongs to black people and we oppose all attempts to confuse this very basic fact. Supporting her does not stand above politics, it is an example of ones politics in actual practice.