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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.
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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.
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.

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Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party
Call Number: C 10 008Format: Beta SPCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
The arrest of LA 5; Robert Russ Franck, special FBI agent; unknown black activist, probably BPP speech; Jeff Jones and Mark Rudd, of SDS and Weathermen, announce Chicago demonstration later known as “Days of Rage”; Reverend Jesse Jackson; Jonathan Lerner, SDS, heckled while speaking on US imperialism; raw footage of Fred Hampton distancing BPP from SDS and Weathermen; Judy Gumbo of WITCH, WUO was responsible for bombing of US Capitol; NYPD press conference on murder of patrolmen Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie, citing as suspects Ronald Anderson and Andrew Jackson, alleged members of Black Liberation Army; arrest of Timothy Leary; unknown BPP members and David Gilbert of SDS/WUO speak at Columbia University Bernardine Dohrn, of SDS/WUO, speech at Columbia (not audible); SDS rally, Mark Rudd and others speak (not audible); Mark Rudd speaks to reporters
Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party
Call Number: C 10 009Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
The arrest of LA 5; Robert Russ Franck, special FBI agent; unknown black activist, probably BPP speech; Jeff Jones and Mark Rudd, of SDS and Weathermen, announce Chicago demonstration later known as “Days of Rage”; Reverend Jesse Jackson; Jonathan Lerner, SDS, heckled while speaking on US imperialism; raw footage of Fred Hampton distancing BPP from SDS and Weathermen; Judy Gumbo of WITCH, says Weather Underground (WUO) was responsible for bombing of US Capitol; NYPD press conference on murder of patrolmen Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie, citing as suspects Ronald Anderson and Andrew Jackson, alleged members of Black Liberation Army; arrest of Timothy Leary; unknown BPP members and David Gilbert of SDS/WUO speak at Columbia University; Bernardine Dohrn, of SDS/WUO, speech at Columbia (not audible)
(Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party) - (WUO/Celebrities Against Vietnam War) - (Anti-Vietnam War Protests) - (International Efforts to end Vietnam War/Occupation of Wounded Knee/PFLP Hijackings/Puerto Rican Nationalist Party) (Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party) - (WUO/Celebrities Against Vietnam War) - (Anti-Vietnam War Protests) - (International Efforts to end Vietnam War/Occupation of Wounded Knee/PFLP Hijackings/Puerto Rican Nationalist Party)
Call Number: C 10 063Format: DVDCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party: The arrest of LA 5; Robert Russ Franck, special FBI agent; unknown black activist, probably BPP speech; Jeff Jones and Mark Rudd, of SDS and Weathermen, announce Chicago demonstration later known as “Days of Rage”; Reverend Jesse Jackson; Jonathan Lerner, SDS, heckled while speaking on US imperialism; raw footage of Fred Hampton distancing BPP from SDS and Weathermen; Judy Gumbo of WITCH, WUO was responsible for bombing of US Capitol; NYPD press conference on murder of patrolmen Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie, citing as suspects Ronald Anderson and Andrew Jackson, alleged members of Black Liberation Army; arrest of Timothy Leary; unknown BPP members and David Gilbert of SDS/WUO speak at Columbia University Bernardine Dohrn, of SDS/WUO, speech at Columbia (not audible); SDS rally, Mark Rudd and others speak (not audible); Mark Rudd speaks to reporters WUO/Celebrities Against Vietnam War: Interview with founder of Save the River - speaks about CANT; footage of destruction after WUO bombing of US Capitol; news report on Kathy Boudin and Judith Clark, WUO members turning themselves in; Jane Fonda supporting anti-Vietnam war movement; interview with Bob Dylan about impact of his music (cut off); President Reagan and Nancy Reagan with children in front of White House; aerial view of protest against hunger and homelessness. Anti-Vietnam War Protests: Aftermath of one of the WUO bombings; candidate Jimmy Carter in Seattle addresses American Legion; Muhammad Ali announces his refusal to go to Vietnam; protest against anti-war protestors; J. Edgar Hoover presents President Nixon with award - Nixon speaks about respect for officers; scenes of peaceful protests turned violent due to police; speech on US economics. International Efforts to end Vietnam War/Occupation of Wounded Knee/PFLP Hijackings/Puerto Rican Nationalist Party: Press conference with Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden about international efforts to end Vietnam war; interviews with Native Americans and Senator about the occupation of Wounded Knee by AIM; press conference with BBP member speaking about time in solitary confinement; speech about oil and resources; President Nixon speaks about energy; hijacking of plane by PFLP. News report on September 6, 1970 hijacking of 5 commerical planes by PFLP. Passengers escorted off the planes in Amman, Jorda, planes blown-up. Interview with Leila Khaled and other leaders of the PFLP. Interviews with passangers and responses of Israeli citizens. (Sound in/out) Clips of gas stations out of gas. Long line ups of cars. FBI press conference on the FALN bombings of October 27, 1975. Press conference with group of activists returning from North Vietnam (cut off); clips of Kathleen Cleaver; interview with Black Panther credited saying, “the only good pig is a dead pig”; news report on Puerto Rican Nationalist Party open fire on House of Representatives.