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

Letter to Brothers and Sisters in Struggle [with enclosures] Letter to Brothers and Sisters in Struggle [with enclosures]
Publisher: Black Panther Newspaper CommitteeYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Announcement for the Black Panther, Black Community News Service: Memorial Issue. Includes explanation of purpose and front page of issue.
Commemorator Commemorator
Publisher: Commemoration Committee for The Black Panther PartyYear: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 1-2 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Commemorator
Cover Story: Gang of Violent Criminals Who Terrorized America's Ghettos and Assulted Law Enforcement Agencies- EX radical Horowitz
Prisoners Union: Convicts, Ex-convicts, and Concerned Individuals Fighting to Promote and Uphold the Rights and Welfare of California Prisoners Prisoners Union: Convicts, Ex-convicts, and Concerned Individuals Fighting to Promote and Uphold the Rights and Welfare of California Prisoners
Publisher: Prisoners UnionFormat: PamphletCollection: Prisoners Union
Pamphlet with general information on the Union and subscription information to the Prisoners Union Journal
The California Prisoner The California Prisoner
Publisher: Prisoners Rights UnionYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 19-2 JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prisoners Union
20th anniversary issue: Resource Guide updates; Prisoners Rights Union (A 20 Year Struggle)- Reflections on working with the union; A history of jail suits; Speaking frankly about AIDS; Freedom near for Patrick Hooty Croy.
Prisoners Union Journal Proposal 1981-1982 Prisoners Union Journal Proposal 1981-1982
Publisher: Prisoners UnionYear: 1982Format: ProposalCollection: Prisoners Union
Includes: Definition and Purpose; Sentencing Laws; Civil and Human Rights; Prisoners' Work in Prisons; Visiting Prisoners and Return to Society; Prisoners Union Journal; Budget; Exhibit A
The Black Panther: Black Community News Service The Black Panther: Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther Party for Self-DefenseYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 1-6 November 23Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Right On! Right On!
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: POSHU 1 No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Open letter to Roy Wilkins Open letter to Roy Wilkins
Author: Huey NewtonPublisher: Black Panther Party National HeadquartersFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Huey Newton
Open letter/press release re: Wilkins's criticism of Newton's statement re: commitment of BPP to NLF-Vietnam
COINTELPRO 1980: Blueprint for Facism COINTELPRO 1980: Blueprint for Facism
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductFormat: FlyerCollection: Cointelpro
Flyer for 1980 Forum A Blueprint for Facism
Demonstrate Against FBI Coverup! Demonstrate Against FBI Coverup!
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductFormat: FlyerCollection: Cointelpro
Flyer for demonstration at US District Court, District of Columbia