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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.

Search Results

Victory Gardens Project Victory Gardens Project
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 213Format: VHSProducers: Victory Gardens ProjectCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Victory Gardens project is an urban community gardening and food production project which grows and distributes food to raise awareness about economic justice, ecological sustainability, and social change. The Athens. Maine project was organized by Herman Bell, a US political prisoner and two Maine farmers, Carol Dove and Michael Vernon, with the purpose of simultaneously providing healthy food and political education. Video of Herman Bell, Nuh Washington and Jalil Muntaqim is integrated into material about the project.
Geronimo Pratt Geronimo Pratt
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: V 279Format: VHSProducers: PCTV, Lisa RudmanCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Through an exclusive interview with Geronimo Pratt at San Quentin Prison, archival footage of the Black Panthers, family photos, interviews with Geronimo's defense attorneys, and scenes from demonstrations for his release, a warm and vivid portrait of Geronimo is sketched.
Angola 3 - short news stories Angola 3 - short news stories
Date: 1/1/2007Call Number: CD 626Format: DVDProducers: Robert MooreProgram: Independent Television NewsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Two excellent, short stories about the struggle to free the two remaining Angola 3 political prisoners, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox.
Marilyn Buck Tribute Marilyn Buck Tribute
Date: 10/20/2010Call Number: CD 723Format: DVDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Based on an interview originally done in the DC Jail in Spring of 1989 and used in the video "Resistance Conspiracy" and re-edited for the tributes in Oakland and New York in 2010.
Omaha 2 - Mondo We Langa Omaha 2 - Mondo We Langa
Date: 6/2/2008Call Number: CD 724Format: DVDProducers: Michael RichardsonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviewed in a Nebraska Prison about his case, his political history and Cointelpro.
Omaha 2 - Ed POindexter Omaha 2 - Ed POindexter
Date: 6/2/2008Call Number: CD 725Format: DVDProducers: Michael RichardsonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviewed in a Nebraska Prison about his case, his political history and Cointelpro.
Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 1 Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 1
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 741Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
3-hour tribute to recently deceased Panthers Don Cox and Geronimo ji Jaga. Interviews with family members and former party members including Barbara Easley-Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O'Neal, Emory Douglas.
Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 2 Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 2
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 742Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
3-hour tribute to recently deceased Panthers Don Cox and Geronimo ji Jaga. Interviews with family members and former party members including Barbara Easley-Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O'Neal, Emory Douglas.
Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 3 Honoring the Lives of Don Cox & Geronimo ji Jaga - 3
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 743Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
3-hour tribute to recently deceased Panthers Don Cox and Geronimo ji Jaga. Interviews with family members and former party members including Barbara Easley-Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O'Neal, Emory Douglas.
Honoring the Life of Geronimo ji Jaga Honoring the Life of Geronimo ji Jaga
Date: 7/11/2011Call Number: CD 744Format: CDProducers: Gregg Bridges, Walter Turner, Michael Yoshida, Claude MarksProgram: Africa TodayCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Inserts for tribute. Geronimo: growing up, Resistance, Origins of the Black Liberation Movement, Prison-Cointelpro, Vietnam & Detroit, "in t to win", why i'm a target, "keep on pushin" Interviews about Geronimo with former Panther Harold Taylor, sister Virginia Pratt, and daughter Shona Pratt.