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

NoKKK! No Fascist USA! NoKKK! No Fascist USA!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1990Volume Number: FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Newspaper of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee. In this issue: No KKK! Newsbriefs; Racism in Golf; Run Against Racism Goes National; Campus Activism; The Duke of Racism; Racism and AIDS; Toxics and Racism; Eugenics on Campus; An Open Letter From Dr. Alan Berkman; Letters to No KKK!
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
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.
Research on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the US Research on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the US
Publisher: Research on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the USYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: New Afrikan Prisoners
Information on the institute and its activities
No KKK! No Fascist USA! No KKK! No Fascist USA!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1990Volume Number: Winter/SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Newspaper of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee. In this issue: No KKK! Newsbriefs; El Salvador Update; Keysville, Georgia: First Election in 50 Years; Spiritual Warfare: Book Review; Letters to No KKK!; Anti-Racist resource List; John Brown at Harper's Ferry; Remembering Huey Newton; Let the Sucker Burn: NAPO Comments on Flag-Burning