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.

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Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt (#3) Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt (#3)
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: C 10 110Format: DV CamProducers: Lisa Rudman, Judy GerberCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Filmed in San Quentin Prison. Comments on Vietnam, Martin Luther King, police as occupiers and the concept of self defense and similarity of the war against the Vietnamese peole and the racism and resistance in the Black community. He also talks about prison isolation and meditation. Comments on international struggles, South Africa, Black solidarity in the U.S.. Additional remarks about Revolutionary nationalism, New Africans, the importance of a land base for the Black nation, how the Black liberation movement is thinking about drugs and violence in Black communities as well as establishing community and family values.
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: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-2 February 6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Free Ruchell!
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-5 April 22Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: No Eviction, Free Repairs- If You Were Your Own Landlord- Berkeley Residents Demand Community Control of Rents; Progressive Americans, Led by Panthers, Return from China
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 9-18 February 17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Bobby Seale Moves to End Secret Government in Oakland
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: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-1 May 19Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: A Peoples Victory on May 15th
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-32 December 22Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Demand Mounts- Re-Open Fred Hampton Murder Case. Also Inside: Charges Against Fred Bell Dismissed; Black Students Hold Health Week; Free Southern Theater Attacked; New Welfare Program Jan. 1; Marine Court Martialed; Search and Destory Excerpt ; Azores Base for U.S. Aid to Portugal; U.S. Ends Talks on Namibia; Black Arts Festival in Berkeley, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 11-16 April 13Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: SLA Field Marshall Cinque- Revolutionary or Police Agent? Also Inside: Youth Institute Group 4; Arson Destroys Houston BPP Garage; 3rd World Nations Demand Control; Mama Love Murdered; Portuguese Officers' Movement; China Readies for Threat; African Revolutionary Music; Racism in Sports, more.
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.