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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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Prepared Remarks for April 20th, 1996 Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners Prepared Remarks for April 20th, 1996 Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Author: Mardge CohenYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Presented 4/20/1996: Mardge Cohen, a physician at Cook County Hospital, gives testimony on her work with families affected by HIV and poor people's heathcare.
Control unit Prisons: Torture by Another Name Control unit Prisons: Torture by Another Name
Publisher: Nozomi Ikuta, United Church Board for Homeland MinistriesYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Speech given on the conditions and impact of control units given from the perspectives of prisoners, family members, advocates and a member of society at large. Part of 9/1996 mailing.
Interview of Dr. Stewart Grassien Interview of Dr. Stewart Grassien
Publisher: Leo griefYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Interview addressing the psychological aspects of solitary confinement.
Statement of Bonnie Kerness on the "HISTORY OF CONTROL UNITS" at the northeast Regional Hearings on Control Units - April 27, 1996) Statement of Bonnie Kerness on the "HISTORY OF CONTROL UNITS" at the northeast Regional Hearings on Control Units - April 27, 1996)
Publisher: Bonnie Kerness, National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Statement on the proliferation and use of Control unit Prisons. Call to action.
Uses & Effects of Control Unit Prisons Uses & Effects of Control Unit Prisons
Publisher: Bonnie KernessYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Excerpts from the History of Control Units presentation given by Ms. Bonnie Kerness at the Northeast Hearings on Control units. Interviews with Sundiata Acoli and Jalil Muntaqim.
Uses and Effects of: Control Unit Prisons Uses and Effects of: Control Unit Prisons
Author: Bonnie KernessPublisher: PAC, Philidelphia ABCFYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: Control Units
Reproduction. Bonnie Kerness interviews with Sundiata Acoli and Jalil Muntaqim. These interviews were conducted to be heard at the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons' event Hearing on Control Unit Prisons in the United States.