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

Political Prisoners in the United States: The Hidden Reality Political Prisoners in the United States: The Hidden Reality
Authors: Michael E. Deutsch and Jan SuslerFormat: MonographCollection: 1990 Tribunal
Who are the political prisoners and prisoners of war; the criminalization of political activists: the new repression; conclusion.
The U.S. Imperialist State and the Black Nation The U.S. Imperialist State and the Black Nation
Author: Saladine MuhammadPublisher: The Institute of Black Political StudiesFormat: TranscriptCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Speech initially given at a forum in the US Black National Question, along with another major speaker on the topic, Imini Baraka, chairman of the Revolutionary Communist League. Brother Saladin Muhammad is a member of the National Central Committee of the Afrikan Peoples Party.
Repression in the Land of the Free Repression in the Land of the Free
Publisher: International Network Against New State RepressionFormat: MonographCollection: Grand Jury
Information to expose and resist the ever-growing attacks by the US government against progressive and revolutionary movements.
Ahmed Obafemi: Dedicated New Afrikan Grassroots Organizer Ahmed Obafemi: Dedicated New Afrikan Grassroots Organizer
Publisher: New Afrikan InstituteFormat: FlyerCollection: New Afrika
Includes biographical sketch.
People's Power After Marcos: interview with Jose Maria Sison People's Power After Marcos: interview with Jose Maria Sison
Author: Jose Maria SisonPublisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: TranscriptCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Interview w. Jose Maria Sison, founder, Communist Party of the Philippines.
Atlanta is Amerikkka! Atlanta is Amerikkka!
Publisher: Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Learn Spanish at the Moncada Library Learn Spanish at the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Moncada Library offers classes in Spanish to help support Puerto Rican liberation
S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope Now! S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope Now!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 28-MayFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Black History/Black Liberation Month Black History/Black Liberation Month
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 13-FebFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer for Black and New Afrikan events on Feb.13th and for demonstration at FBI headquaters on Feb.19th, with graphics.
S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope: Fight White Supremacy Demonstrate Against Slope Citizens Anti-Crime Network S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope: Fight White Supremacy Demonstrate Against Slope Citizens Anti-Crime Network
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 24-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library