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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.

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Resistance Conspiracy Defendants Resistance Conspiracy Defendants
Date: 3/20/1990Call Number: JG/ 135AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber interviews 6 activists accused of “conspiracy to affect the foreign and domestic policies of the US government through violent means.” Marilyn Buck, Laura Whitehorn, Linda Evans, Susan Rosenberg, Alan Berkman, and Tim Blunk speak of their trial, imprisonment, and state power, the conditions for political prisoners in the US, and social justice movements worldwide “in the context of greater and greater social control.” The activists stress the importance of support and collaboration within and between movements in the face of government repression and criminalization.
Emergency Campiagn to Drop Charges Emergency Campiagn to Drop Charges
Publisher: Emergency Committee to Defend the Human and Legal Rights of Political PrisonersYear: 1989Format: CompilationCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Form letter from the 'Emergency Campaign to Drop the Charges' of three of the R.C.C. Includes form letter to Attorney General, fact sheet and an article about the prosecution from the New York Times.
Dear Resistance Conspiracy Case Supporters Dear Resistance Conspiracy Case Supporters
Author: Judy GreenspanPublisher: Washington Area Committee for Political Prisoners RightsDate: 1/29/1991Volume Number: 29-JanFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Wrap-up letter of the Resistance Conspiracy Case. Tim Blunk, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Susan Rosenberg, Laura Whitehorn, Alan Berkman all sentenced and taken to various federal prisons around the country. Addresses are included for correspondence, more info about Freedom Now and information about Mumia Abu Jamal and Bashir Hameed.
Resistance is not a Crime Resistance is not a Crime
Author: Ceres MayPublisher: Hag RagVolume Number: July-AugustFormat: ArticleCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Editorial on the Resistance Conspiracy Case, resistance is not a crime.