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

Mayibuye: Journal of the African National Congress Mayibuye: Journal of the African National Congress
Publisher: African National Congress South Africa (ANC)Year: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 July-AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: The Masses are always the Key. Inside this Issue: Building People\'s Power; Mandela\'s International Tour; Interview with Thabo Mbeki; SACP Launch; more.
Speak Magazine Speak Magazine
Publisher: SPEAKYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 32Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Workers are Parents Too!
Speak Magazine Speak Magazine
Publisher: SPEAKYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 34Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Enough is Enough- Joberg Women March to Stop Violence Against Women; Can Women Lead?; Sharing the Load- A great new book to read; Preventing pregnancy with diaphragms and condoms
The African Communist- Journal of the South African Communist Party The African Communist- Journal of the South African Communist Party
Publisher: Inkululeko PublicationsYear: 1986Volume Number: No. 105 Second QuarterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: The Ideas of Socialism are Spreading: SACP Statement
Transport and General Workers Union Annual Congress Transport and General Workers Union Annual Congress
Publisher: Transport & General Workers UnionDate: 12/1989Volume Number: DecemberFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa
Report from the December 1-3 Transport and General Workers Union
Labor Movement Takes on Apartheid South Africa Labor Movement Takes on Apartheid South Africa
Publisher: Bay Area Free South Africa MovementFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Urging people to wear a red ribbon, which means Stop Apartheid Now!
American Steel Jobs and South Africa American Steel Jobs and South Africa
Authors: Carole Collins, Kevin Danaher, Frank Mont, Melissa Pullins, Jean Sindab, Kenneth ZinnPublisher: United Steelworkers of America and the Washington Office on Africa Educational FundDate: 9/1984Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
"How U.S. support for South Africa affects your community