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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.
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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.
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South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement
Format: PamphletCollection: South Africa
Historical Background of the Black Consciousness Movement; What is Black Consciousness; Some Principles and Aims of the Black Consciousness Movement; Major Organizations Under the Umbrella of the Black Consciousness Movement
The Black Peoples' Convention (BPC)- South Africa: Historical Background and Basic Documents The Black Peoples' Convention (BPC)- South Africa: Historical Background and Basic Documents
Author: edited by Sipho ButheleziPublisher: Black Liberation PressFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
This monograph provides a basic history of the Black Peoples' Convention and contains a copy of their constitution.
Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Publisher: Publicity and Information Department of the B.C.M. (A)Year: 1986Volume Number: No. 13 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: The Deception of the Botha-Malan Junta; South Africa- 1985 in Retrospect; The Meaning of the National Democratic Revolution and the Black Struggle in South Africa
Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Publisher: Publicity and Information Department of the B.C.M. (A)Year: 1987Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: New Years Message 1987; Statement on the Death of Comrade Samora Michel; The Educational Debate- Our View; Speech Delivered by Comrade Mosibudi Mangena at the 3rd Mathaba Conference in Tripoli; A Higher Level of Struggle; What is Wrong with Black Consciousness; and BCM(A) Statement concerning Black-on-Black violence.
Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Publisher: Publicity and Information Department of the B.C.M. (A)Year: 1980Volume Number: No. 4 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside: Our Urgent Tasks; We Don\'t Want No Education; Campaign Briefings; New Dawn in Zimbabwe; In Solidarity with Caribbean Struggles
Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity
Author: Steve BikoPublisher: Selby Semela and Joel Bolnick of the Black Consciousness MovementFormat: PamphletCollection: South Africa
Contains The Quest for a True Humanity by Steve Biko and a statement on his death
The Quest for a True Humanity The Quest for a True Humanity
Publisher: Black Liberation PressDate: 1/1978Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
Contains A Tribute to Steve Biko by Sipho Buthelezi; Historical Background of the Black Peoples Convention (BPC) by Sipho Buthalezi; Black Consciouness and a Quest for a True Humanity by Steve Biko; and Projection: Future State by the BPC Programme
Reflections on the Black Consciousness Movement and the South African Revolution Reflections on the Black Consciousness Movement and the South African Revolution
Authors: Selby Semela, Sam Thompson and Norman AbrahamDate: 8/1979Volume Number: AugustFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
Contains The 1976/1977 Insurrection; The Soweto Students Representative Council; and Black Consciousness and the Black Consciousness Movement.
Black Consciousness Reaffirmed Black Consciousness Reaffirmed
Publisher: AZAPODate: 7/1981Volume Number: JulyFormat: PamphletCollection: South Africa