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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.

Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials

Documents

Eyes on the Prize: Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972) & A Nation of Law? (1968-1971) Eyes on the Prize: Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972) & A Nation of Law? (1968-1971)
Call Number: V 109Format: VHSProducers: PBSProgram: Eyes on the PrizeCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972) - Muhammad Ali...Howard University...Gary, Indiana...Through these names, African Americans reclaimed their heritage in different ways. A Nation of Law? (1968-1971) - The Black Panther Party...Fred Hampton...Attica...These names equaled controversy in the America of law and order promised by President Nixon. Urban rebellion & campus unrest, protest and reprisals.
Out: the Making of a Revolutionary Out: the Making of a Revolutionary
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 379Format: VHSProducers: Sonja de Vries, Rhonda CollinsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Based on an interview with Laura Whitehorn who describes becoming a revolutionary and her identity as a lesbian and anti-imperialist. She was heavily influenced by the Black and women’s movements, the Vietnam war, and US policies in El Salvador, Lebanon and Grenada. “If you don’t do something against policies which counter human rights, you become an accomplice.” She was part of a group that attacked military and government targets. Laura was arrested in May 1985 in Baltimore. On August 6, 1999, after serving 14 years of her 26 year sentence, she was released from the Federal prison. Laura Whitehorn still thinks that militant struggle is a legitimate response to the violence of the US.
Out: the Making of a Revolutionary Out: the Making of a Revolutionary
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 537Format: VHSProducers: Sonja de Vries, Rhonda CollinsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Based on an interview with Laura Whitehorn who describes becoming a revolutionary and her identity as a lesbian and anti-imperialist. She was heavily influenced by the Black and women’s movements, the Vietnam war, and US policies in El Salvador, Lebanon and Grenada. “If you don’t do something against policies which counter human rights, you become an accomplice.” She was part of a group that attacked military and government targets. Laura was arrested in May 1985 in Baltimore. On August 6, 1999, after serving 14 years of her 26 year sentence, she was released from the Federal prison. Laura Whitehorn still thinks that militant struggle is a legitimate response to the violence of the US.
Out: the Making of a Revolutionary Out: the Making of a Revolutionary
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 740Format: DVDProducers: Sonja de Vries, Rhonda CollinsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Based on an interview with Laura Whitehorn who describes becoming a revolutionary and her identity as a lesbian and anti-imperialist. She was heavily influenced by the Black and women’s movements, the Vietnam war, and US policies in El Salvador, Lebanon and Grenada. “If you don’t do something against policies which counter human rights, you become an accomplice.” She was part of a group that attacked military and government targets. Laura was arrested in May 1985 in Baltimore. On August 6, 1999, after serving 14 years of her 26 year sentence, she was released from the Federal prison. Laura Whitehorn still thinks that militant struggle is a legitimate response to the violence of the US.