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

The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 16-1 November 13Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Memorial Rally for Slain Black Youth- On November 7 Tyrone Guyton Would Have Been 18-Years-Old. Also Inside: Widows of San Quentin Guards Sue LAPD; San Antonio Tenants Seek HUD Sanctions Against OHA; All-Black City Fights for Survival; Frontline Presidents- Armed Struggle is the Only Way in Zimbabwe, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-24 October 27Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Mid-East War- Nixon's New Vietnam. Also Inside: Ghanian Editorial Stop This Senseless War; Bobby Seale Dedicates Institute; Detroit Tenants Action Victorious; Oakland School Strike Averted; Popeye Jackson Frame-up; Mississippi Woodcutters Strike; Rhodesian Comment on Agnew; Black Drama- Four Women Reviewed, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 9-20 March 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: No Jobs for Black Vietnam War Veterans
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-24 September 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Olympics 1972- Racist Rhodesia Ousted. Worldwide Black Protest Expels Rhodesia from Olympic Games
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-12 April 17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: On the Defection of Eldridge Cleaver from the Black Panther Party and the Defection of the Black Panther Party from the Black Community
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 7-2 September 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary Memorial Service for George Jackson, Field Marshall, Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-22 November 28Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, Howard University, Washington DC, November 27-29, 1970. Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense Will Read the People's New Constitution.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-7 August 15Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary Suicide-- "That's Suicide Motivated by the Desire to Change the System, or Else Die Trying. To Change the Reactionary Conditions." Also, Minister Huey P. Newton, Back on the Streets with the People.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-5 June 16Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: S.A.F.E. (Seniors Against a Fearful Environment) Protect Our Senior Citizens. Also Inside: Bobby Seale's Speech at Chicago Conference, Support for David Hilliard Attacked, Watergate Conspiracy, Brutality at Holman Prison, Sihanouk Visits 5 African Nations, Cannery Workers Fight, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6 No. 13-14 May 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Sam Napier Murdered