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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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Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 2/1981Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter with updates on Mayor Ed Koch's Police policies, SCAN and the Fox and Agrillo case. Also includes information on SWAPO and the Dollars for Bullets campaign, the Pontiac brothers case and the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee National Day of Action in Washington D.C. for the Reagan inauguration.
The Death of Samora Moises Machel: A Funeral Eulogy The Death of Samora Moises Machel: A Funeral Eulogy
Author: Marcelino dos SantosPublisher: The Africa Fund (associated with The American Committee on Africa)Date: 10/28/1986Volume Number: 28-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
A packet of materials eulogizing Samora Machel, revolutionary leader and first president of Mozambique
South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement
Format: PamphletCollection: South Africa
Historical Background of the Black Consciousness Movement; What is Black Consciousness; Some Principles and Aims of the Black Consciousness Movement; Major Organizations Under the Umbrella of the Black Consciousness Movement
Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1987Volume Number: Issue 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: The Azanian People now know their enemy.
Boycott - The Gods Must Be Racist Boycott - The Gods Must Be Racist
Publisher: Art Against ApartheidFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Asking people to picket the Elmwood Theater in Berkeley and Vogue Theater in San Francisco against film The Gods Must Be Crazy
Shut Down South African Airways Shut Down South African Airways
Format: EphemeraCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Card calling for demonstrations against South African Airways in San Francisco on second Wednesday of each month
Emergency Demonstration Emergency Demonstration
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down South African Airways, Freedom Rising Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 8/17/1985Volume Number: 17-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for demonstration in San Francisco against South African Airways
Embargo South Africa Not Nicaragua! Embargo South Africa Not Nicaragua!
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Statement re: Reagan imposing trade embargo against Nicaragua, yet saying sanctions against South Africa won't work
Down With South African Airways Down With South African Airways
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 1/14/1985Volume Number: 14-JanFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for demo of South African Airways, 360 Post, SF, as part of movement against apartheid
Solidarity with the Uprising of the People of South Africa Solidarity with the Uprising of the People of South Africa
Publisher: Southern Africa Freedom Committee--All-Peoples CongressDate: 9/15/1984Volume Number: 15-SepFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for rally at Bank of America, Market and Powell, SF, to support Prop J to end investment of city pension funds doing business with South Africa