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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.
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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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Shawnee Control Unit: A Control Unit for Women Shawnee Control Unit: A Control Unit for Women
Authors: Silvia Baraldini, Marilyn Buck, Susan Rosenberg, Laura WhitehornYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Shawnee Control unit as a control unit; The underrepresentation of women as inmates of CU, and the experiences of inmates at Shawnee.
Walkin' Steel Walkin' Steel
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
CEML Newsletter. Includes: 12 Month Campaign; Prisoners Resist Westville; Florence Update; May 2nd Illinois Prison Tour; May 2nd National Reports; International Interest;
Walkin' Steel Walkin' Steel
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 1-3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
CEML newsletter. Includes: The Call for Joint Actions; The New Warden At Marion; Water Update; What is A Control unit Prison?; May Actions Against control Units; Horrors of Westville Control unit; Prisoners Demonstrate Solidarity; Pelican bay Prisoners Sue; People to Contact; Human Rights Watch Report; Get In Touch With CEML
Dissing the Discovery Dissing the Discovery
Authors: Meg Starr and Barbara ZellerYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: 1992 Tribunal
U.S. PPs and POWs De-Celebrate the Columbus Quincentenary and affirm 500 years of resistance. With contributions from Sundiata Acoli,Marilyn Buck, Mark Cook, Edwin Cortes, Elizam Escobar, Larry Giddings, David Gilbert, Jaan Laaman, Mondo Langa, Ray Levasseaur, Alberto Rodriguez, and updates on Mumia Abu-Jamal, Norma Jean Croy,and Leonard Peltier
Reason to Fear: The Cultural Defense of Hooty Croy Reason to Fear: The Cultural Defense of Hooty Croy
Author: Denise FerryYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Patrick Hooty Croy
Capitalizing on Race and Culture: The Croy Acquittal and its Application to Future Cases. Defense Case Outline to Accompany the Video
Primer on Filipino "Comfort Women": Questions and Answers Primer on Filipino "Comfort Women": Questions and Answers
Author: Task Force on Filipina Victims of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan SecretariatYear: 1992Format: PamphletCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Basic description of WWII "comfort women"; outline of demand to Japanese government on behalf of Filipina victims
Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL
Publisher: Silvia Baraldini; Marilyn Buck; Laura WhitehornYear: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Edited version which appeared in With the Power of Justice in Our Eyes: A Handbook for Educators and Activists on the Crisis in Prisons Includes: Psychological Control; White Supremacy and Racism; Superexploitation [sic]of Women's Labor; the Use of Violence against women in Prison is Increasing; Misogyny and Homophobia; Conclusion. Originally printed in Prison News Service, Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners. Part of 1/5/1995 AFSC Memorandum.
From the Arawak Indians to Norma Jean Croy: 500 Years of Resistance From the Arawak Indians to Norma Jean Croy: 500 Years of Resistance
Publisher: Gay American Indians, Norma Jean Croy Defense Committee, Out of Control - Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners, Lesbians and Gays Against Intervention, Revolting Lesbians, The On Our Rag CollectiveYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: Norma Jean Croy
Pamphlet for Lesbian and gay Benefit for Norma Jean Croy
Commemorating 500 Years of Indigenous resistance Commemorating 500 Years of Indigenous resistance
Publisher: International Indian Treaty CouncilYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: 500 Years-Columbus
Pamphlet on Oct 5 - 12 ITC alternatives to Columbus Day celebration
International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nationalities in the United States of America International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nationalities in the United States of America
Publisher: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners; Prarie fire OrganizationYear: 1992Format: ReportCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Brief on tribunal