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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.
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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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A Struggle No One Can Stop A Struggle No One Can Stop
Author: Norma ValleYear: 1975Format: TranscriptCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
Norma Valle, Coordinator of the Federation of Puerto Rican Women (FMP), made a speech at a demonstration called by the United Workers Movement which was reprinted as part of an advertisement for the organizations 10-city U.S. tour.
Testimony of Fred J. Hiestand, Public Advocates, Inc. Before the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Behalf of the NAACP, Western Region; The Black Panther Party; The National Organization for Women; The Mexican-American Political Association; and the California Prisoners' Union Testimony of Fred J. Hiestand, Public Advocates, Inc. Before the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Behalf of the NAACP, Western Region; The Black Panther Party; The National Organization for Women; The Mexican-American Political Association; and the California Prisoners' Union
Author: Fred HiestandPublisher: Public Advocates, Inc.Date: 5/9/1973Volume Number: May 9Format: TranscriptCollection: Black Panther Party general
Testimony re: proposed Center for the Study and Reduction of Violence, especially re: behavior modification experiments and surgeries on California prisoners
Still Angry - After All These Years Still Angry - After All These Years
Authors: Robert Dannin and Jolie StahlFormat: TranscriptCollection: Literary Prisoners
Reproduction of transcripted interview with Donald Cox, former Field Marshal of the Black Panther Party.
Tribunal Statement: From Women PP's and POW in HSU Tribunal Statement: From Women PP's and POW in HSU
Authors: Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, Alejandrina TorresDate: 10/1987Volume Number: OctoberFormat: TranscriptCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Statement given to the UN on 12/12/1988
Statement by Chris Reid to Court on August 20, 1990, the day of the sentencing Statement by Chris Reid to Court on August 20, 1990, the day of the sentencing
Author: Chris ReidPublisher: Constitutional Defense FundYear: 1990Format: TranscriptCollection: Irish Republican Army
Reproduction
Opening Statement Opening Statement
Author: Josephina RodriguezPublisher: Human Rights Campiang for Political PrisonersYear: 1988Format: TranscriptCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Statement given to the UN on 12/12/1988
For the Commission on Human Rights, 45th session - February, 1989 For the Commission on Human Rights, 45th session - February, 1989
Author: Ahmed ObafemiPublisher: The Indigienous World organizationYear: 1989Format: TranscriptCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction of Item 10: Human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment, in particular: The violation of human rights of political prisoners in the United States of America. Intervention by Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United States
The White North american Political Prsioners in the US Speech Given at the International Tribubnal The White North american Political Prsioners in the US Speech Given at the International Tribubnal
Author: Rita "Bo" BrownYear: 1992Format: TranscriptCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction
Untitled Speech Untitled Speech
Format: TranscriptCollection: Tear Down The Walls Political Prisoner Conference
Speech to Sisters and Brothers pertaining to repression, social control, COINTELPRO
The Black Cat Collective Presents Black August The Black Cat Collective Presents Black August
Publisher: Black Cat CollectiveYear: 1995Format: TranscriptCollection: George Jackson
Transcript of speech given at event. Reproduction of flyer and graphic attached.