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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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Freedom Now Press Conference and Ohio 7 Story Freedom Now Press Conference and Ohio 7 Story
Date: 12/12/1988Call Number: V 562Format: VHSProducers: Freedom Now CampaignCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Press conference to launch the "Freedom Now" campaign, a "National Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners,"with summary of Puerto Rican, Black liberation, Native American, and anti-imperialist prisoners and condemnation of conditions under which over 100 prisoners are held, in violation of UN human rights treaties. NBC national news story on "seditious conspiracy" case of Ohio 7.
New African Program New African Program
Date: 10/20/1982Call Number: KP 520Format: Cass A & BCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
This tape features a panel held on October 20th, 1982, as part of a week wide program for building support for African Freedom Fighters. Ahmed Obafemi, member and one of the leaders of NAPO (New Afrikan People’s Organization), opens the panel discussion by introducing other panel members, many of whom have been political prisoners. George Edward Tait presents two poems, “War in America” and “The Choice”, which focus on his life as an African American and how they are amidst a war, a war into which they were born. Ahmed Obafemi follows this with his demand that those imprisoned fighting for Black Liberation are acknowledged by international law as “prisoners of war/political prisoners.” Finally, Ben Chambers urges supporters of African Freedom Fighters to take up organizing at a local level.
Ahmed Obafemi & Eve Rosahn on the Sally O'Brien Show Ahmed Obafemi & Eve Rosahn on the Sally O'Brien Show
Date: 10/20/1985Call Number: PM 451AFormat: Cass AProgram: Sally O'Brien ShowCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
There is a buzzing noise for the first minute of the tape, however it eventually clears into a crisp sound quality. Tape also ends with music. This tape is of the Sally O'Brien show with guests Ahmed Obafemi and Eve Rosahn. Topics of discussion include the Brinks robbery and the aftermath, political prisoners and black liberation.
Forum on COINTELPRO Forum on COINTELPRO
Date: 12/8/1980Call Number: KP 529Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Recording of an event held to spread information about COINTELPRO, government repression and progressive social movements. Three speeches are given followed by a lengthy question and answer session. Topics discussed include political prisoners, fascism, the Clark V US case, solidarity with movements of national liberation and increasing militarism.
Forum on COINTELPRO Forum on COINTELPRO
Date: 12/8/1980Call Number: KP 530AFormat: Cass ACollection: General materials
Continuation of KP 529. Question and Answer Session. Some questions are difficult to hear.
Does the FBI/CIA = US Govt Terrorism? Expose COINTELPRO Does the FBI/CIA = US Govt Terrorism? Expose COINTELPRO
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationFormat: FlyerCollection: May 19th Communist Organization
Speakers include Afeni Shakur; Ahmed Obafemi, Muntu Matsimela, Jeffrey Haas. Benefit for the National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Ligitation and Research and National RNA-11 Defense Committee.