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

Support the 9pt Agreement/Anti-War Fair Support the 9pt Agreement/Anti-War Fair
Year: 1972Format: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Anti-War Fair with speakers, educational booths and guerrilla theater.
People's Blockade of S.F. Bay People's Blockade of S.F. Bay
Format: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Rally at Oakland Army Terminal.
The American People Demand Out Now- March Against the War The American People Demand Out Now- March Against the War
Publisher: Northern California Peach Action CoalistionFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Rally in San Francisco
Stop The Terrible War! Action Flyer Stop The Terrible War! Action Flyer
Publisher: Friends Committee on Legislation of CaliforniaDate: 4/19/1971Volume Number: 19-AprFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Flyer calling for supporters to write or wire their congressperson to end the war in Vietnam.
Vietnam Reunified! Vietnam Reunified!
Publisher: Indochina Solidarity CoaltionFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Celebrate 1st anniversary of the total liberation of Vietnam; Celebrate Ho Chi Minh's 86th birthday and celebrate International Workers Day.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-26 December 26Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: The Last Christmas??? Death to the Fascist Pigs
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 5-9Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
Contains manifesto to the International Anarchist Movement written by Lorenzo Komboa Ervin. Features an article about the punk band CRASS.
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 5-3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
Contains a biography of Lorenzo Komboa Erwin.
The Air War: The Myth of Deescalation The Air War: The Myth of Deescalation
Publisher: The Air War Action CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Vietnam
Pamphlet on the war in Indochina and the U.S. government's use of bombing.