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

Angela Davis Speaks Angela Davis Speaks
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: CD 298Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A 23 minute interview conducted with the then imprisoned Davis while she was awaiting trial in 1970, together with a statement from Angela Davis, and a roundtable discussion with her lawyer, Margaret Burnham, Charlene Mitchell, a member of the New York Committee to free Angela, and Joe Walker, NY editor of Muhammad Speaks. Liner notes include a complete transcript. "Only after I feel a redistribution of the wealth in this country, only after we eradicate the exploitation of man by man, shall we begin to build a humane society both for Blacks, Brown and White people."
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-16 October 17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Alprentice 'Bunchy' Carter Deputy Minister of Defense Black Panther Party L.A. California. Born- October 12, 1942 Assassinated- January 17, 1969.