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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.

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Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1981Volume Number: December-JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
formerly Update. Cover Story: Stop the Frame-Up of Eve Rosahn! Missing pages 3-4, 13-14.
Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 2/1981Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
formerly Update
Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 5/1981Volume Number: MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Clark Plaintiffs Confront FBI; Victory in Pontiac Trial - State's Strategy Defeated; US "Anti-Terrorism": Counterinsurgency of the 80's; US Gov't Escalates Attacks on Black Liberation Movement; Reagan Pardons Cointelpro Criminals; Arab Student Fights Deportation; Zairean CIA Agents in the US; Red Squad Settlement Continues COINTELPRO Cover-up; Committee Targests Struggles for Human Rights; David Truong Appeals Court Decision; Puerto Rican POW Kidnapped by State
Black Liberation Army Communiqu Black Liberation Army Communiqu
Publisher: BLA Coordinating CommitteeDate: 11/5/1981Volume Number: 5-NovFormat: CommuniqueCollection: BLA
Gay Liberation- 1981 What are we fighting for? Gay Liberation- 1981 What are we fighting for?
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
statement on whether the LBGTQ community can work within the system for liberation.
Stop the Attacks- Lesbians- Fight Back! Stop the Attacks- Lesbians- Fight Back!
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Information on the Family Protection Act, the Moral Majority and its threat to LGBTQ liberation.
Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Correspondence Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Correspondence
Publisher: The Anti-Springbok-5 Defense CommitteeDate: 11/15/1981Volume Number: 15-NovFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: South Africa
Five Years After Soweto: An evening in commemoration of Azania's fallen heroes and heroines Five Years After Soweto: An evening in commemoration of Azania's fallen heroes and heroines
Publisher: Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: South Africa
Events include a film (End of the Dialogue) and eyewitness report and slides of SOWETO uprising.
Madame Binh Graphics Collective Correspondence Madame Binh Graphics Collective Correspondence
Publisher: Madame Binh Graphics CollectiveDate: 11/23/1981Volume Number: 23-NovFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: South Africa
Letter in support of the Springbok 5
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Volume Number: Vol. 5-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Solidarity with the 11 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War p. 1 - Editorial: Reagan Takes the Reins: the Right and the Left p. 7 - All Out to El Paso, Call for International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Chicano Mexicano People, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional p. 11 - One People, One Nation, struggle for the socialist reunification of Mexico p. 13 - Comite Contra la Represion de El Paso p. 14 - Comite de Defensa Popular (Mexico) p. 21 - The Will to Win, Don Juan Antonio Corretjer, SecyGen, Liga Socialist Puertorriquena, from El Nuevo Dia p. 25 - Struggle for New Afrikan Independence, statement to UN Committee on Decolonization, Ahmed Obafemi, Eastern Regional VP, Provisional Govt, Republic of New Afrika p. 26 - Victory to the Salvadorean Revolution (photographs) p. 30 - Gentrification or Genocide? Price of Urban Renaissance p. 32 - Tribute to Walter Rodney, editors of Soulbook p. 43