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

Nazi Skins Out! Nazi Skins Out!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
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26 Ways to Say No 26 Ways to Say No
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Just Say No to Nazis campaign vs. nazi skinheads
America's Nazi Children America's Nazi Children
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
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No Nazis! No KKK! No Fascist USA No Nazis! No KKK! No Fascist USA
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
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It Can't Happen Here? We Won't Let it Happen Here! It Can't Happen Here? We Won't Let it Happen Here!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
flyer
Letter of Thanks; Pickets Protest Marion Lockdown; Report on the April 29 Demonstration Letter of Thanks; Pickets Protest Marion Lockdown; Report on the April 29 Demonstration
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CompilationCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter to Friend giving thanks for support of the 4/29/1989 demonstration; Graphic of protest reproduced from Southern Illinoisan 4/30/1989 taken by Jan Abbott; Report on the demonstration. 1 copy does not include graphic or CEML letterhead.
Silvia Baraldini, et al. v. Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, et. al. Silvia Baraldini, et al. v. Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, et. al.
Publisher: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitYear: 1989Format: Legal DocumentsCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Court opinion.
No KKK! No Fascist USA! No KKK! No Fascist USA!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1989Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Newspaper of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee
Women's High Security Unit, Lexington KY Update Report to Amnesty International Women's High Security Unit, Lexington KY Update Report to Amnesty International
Authors: Jan Susler, Adjoa Aiyetoro, Elizabeth Fink, Mary K. O'Melveny, Margaret L. RatherDate: 11/22/1989Volume Number: 22-NovFormat: ReportCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Reproduction of update to the August 1988 Amnesty International Report on Lexington Control Unit.