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

Robert F. Williams Robert F. Williams
Call Number: DOC 036Format: Finder's GuideCollection: Robert F. Williams!
Robert F. Williams materials, includes writings by Williams, and biographical writings on Williams, including. Also includes William's newsletter The Crusader, and interviews with him.
Statement of Facts Statement of Facts
Publisher: Norma Jean Croy Defense CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Norma Jean Croy
A narrative of the events surrounding the arrest of Norma Jean and Patrick "Hooty" Croy
Organizational rights: Tips on Surveillance and Security Organizational rights: Tips on Surveillance and Security
Publisher: Minnesota Coalition to Prevent Repressive Federal LegislationFormat: MonographCollection: Grand Jury
Factsheet on counteracting government surveillance.
Justice for battered women: Free Claudia Reddy Justice for battered women: Free Claudia Reddy
Publisher: Compassionate Release Program of the HIV/AIDS in Prison Project; California Coalition for Women PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Violence Against Women
Flyer demanding justice in the case of Claudia Reddy whose crime was defending herself against and killing her abusive husband.
Free Norma Jean Croy Free Norma Jean Croy
Publisher: Norma Jean Croy Defense CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Norma Jean Croy
Flyer about what you can do to help free Norma Jean Croy
Political Outline of Self-Defense Class Political Outline of Self-Defense Class
Format: ManifestoCollection: Violence Against Women
A political outline of a women's self-defense class including information about internalizing women's oppression, rape as a tool of colonial violence, the protection racket: the police and violence against women, and a reading list.
Support New Afrikan Freedom Fighters! Support New Afrikan Freedom Fighters!
Publisher: Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom FightersFormat: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Flyer for a forum to support New Afrikan Freedom Fighters.