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

Chicano Moratorium Commemoration - Part 1 Chicano Moratorium Commemoration - Part 1
Date: 8/29/1987Call Number: CV 267Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
People gather to honor the Chicano Moratorium and other ancestors struggles for freedom. Speakers discuss the need for bilingual education in schools and ethnic studies. Allies from Puerto Rican independence and Native rights movements call for a mobilization against US imperialism.
Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 7/1981Volume Number: JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter with articles about establishing a New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day on July 18th, police aggression and SCAN activites, Assata Shakur, SWAPO, Puerto Rican POWs, book review for "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa", Young People's Program's mural project, and an editorial from The New Afrikan.
Letter to Supporters Letter to Supporters
Author: The Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 8/9/1982Volume Number: 9-AugFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Moncada Library
Letter annoucing the closing of the Moncada Library and expressing solidarity with liberation and anti-imperialist groups as well as the Park Slope community in general.
Learn Spanish at the Moncada Library Learn Spanish at the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Moncada Library offers classes in Spanish to help support Puerto Rican liberation
Sunday Night Movies at the Moncada Library Sunday Night Movies at the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Puerto Rican Prisoners of War: Conscience of Their Nation in Arms Puerto Rican Prisoners of War: Conscience of Their Nation in Arms
Publisher: The Moncada Library, New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence & SocialismVolume Number: 14-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information about the Puerto Rican liberation movement and Puerto Rican POWs.