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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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Desde Las Rejas: Statements by the Eleven Puerto Rican Prisoners of War In the Concentration Camp of Cook County Desde Las Rejas: Statements by the Eleven Puerto Rican Prisoners of War In the Concentration Camp of Cook County
Authors: Carmen Valentin, Elizam Escobar, Lucy Rodriguez, Dylcia Pagan, Alfredo Mendez, Alicia Rodriguez, Luis Rosa, Adolfo Matos, Ricardo Dick Jiminez, Carlos Alberto TorresPublisher: FALNDate: 4/28/1980Volume Number: April 28Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Statements and Declarations by the FALN 11.
Long Live FALN BULLETIN Long Live FALN BULLETIN
Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceYear: 1980Format: PeriodicalCollection: New Movement
Articles include Fighters Against Colonialism; Interview with National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Statements and Poems from the 11; 11 POWs Take Decisive Stance; The US Must Not Be Allowed to Kill Haydee Beltran Torres.
John Brown Anti-Klan Committee Demonstration in Washington DC letter John Brown Anti-Klan Committee Demonstration in Washington DC letter
Author: Mary PattenPublisher: The Moncada LibraryYear: 1980Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Moncada Library
Letter calling on supporters to join the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee's demonstration at the Reagan inaugural in Washington, D.C.
A Free and Independent Zimbabwe: A Defeat for U.S. Imperialism & White Supremacy A Free and Independent Zimbabwe: A Defeat for U.S. Imperialism & White Supremacy
Publisher: The Moncada Library, May 19th Communist Organization and New York Material Aid Campaign for ZANU (PF)Date: 6/8/1980Volume Number: 8-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information about the anti-colonial struggle in Zimbabwe.
Moncada Library Pickets Citibank Moncada Library Pickets Citibank
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryYear: 1980Format: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information on Citibank's support of "anti-crime" programs and other white nationalist/sumpremacist projects globally.
The Brownstone Movement and The Ku Klux Klan: A Forum Againsy Genocide The Brownstone Movement and The Ku Klux Klan: A Forum Againsy Genocide
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 1/18/1980Volume Number: 18-JanFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information about the Brownstone movement and forces of gentrification in Park Slope.Information on the National Black Human Rights Coalitions and other anti-white supremacist groups working on these issues.
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