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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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Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1980Volume Number: December-JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Pontiac Prisoners support Coalition Newsletter Pontiac Prisoners support Coalition Newsletter
Publisher: Pontiac Prisoners Support CoalitionYear: 1980Volume Number: No. 13Format: PeriodicalCollection: Pontiac Brothers
Nesletter for the Pontiac Prisoners Support Coalition.
Soulbook #13: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica Soulbook #13: the quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica
Publisher: SoulbookYear: 1980Format: PeriodicalCollection: Soulbook
Table of Contents: On the New Afrikan Nationality; The Article Three Briefs; New Afrikan Literature; Guyanese Peoples View of the Jonestown Massacre; A Black Political Prisoners Appeal; New Afrikarts (Poetry); Portraits of a Black Revolutionary Woman- Dara Abubakari of the Republic of New Afrika; A Tribute to Walter Rodney.
Victory in Zimbabwe: A Luta Continua! Victory in Zimbabwe: A Luta Continua!
Publisher: National Campaign in Solidarity with the ZANU Women's LeagueYear: 1980Format: FlyerCollection: Zimbabwe
Forum on Friday, October 10, 1980 at 7:30pm, Columbia teacher's College, New York
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1980Volume Number: Vol. 4-1 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Black Nation's Struggle for Land and Independence p. 1 - 'Law and Order' Blueprint for Fascism p. 2 - Assata is Free! BLA Communique p. 12 - Statement from Assata Shakur p. 13 - Puerto Rico: Protect and Defend the Armed Clandestine Movement: "A Nuestro Pueblo" from El Nuevo Dia p. 16 - Statement, Liga Socialista Puertorriquena p. 17 - Statement, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional p. 18 - Vieques: No Turning Back p. 19 - Free Leonard Peltier: Statements from Leonard Peltier published by Leonard Peltier Defense Committee p. 23 - Free the RNA 11: Free the Land! "RNA Freedom Fighters: A Continuing Episode of Human Rights Violations in Amerika" in New Afrikan (Republic of New Afrika) p. 26 - Denial of Self-Determination: A New Afrikan View in New Afrikan (Republic of New Afrika) p. 31 - Free the Pontiac Brothers! "The People are the Best Judges!" from the FUSE, pub. by New Afrikan Prisoners Organization p. 34 - Revolutionary Struggle in Guyana (Soulbook) p. 38 - Coalition for a Free Guyana p. 42 - Response to the African People's Socialist Party (PFOC Statement) p. 44