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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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SDS Regional Newsletter #7 SDS Regional Newsletter #7
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 2/22/1966Volume Number: 22-FebFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
South Africa: Suggestions; Tax Refusal Program; Delano Grape Strike; Teenagers and Social Reform; and other regional news.
Burn, baby, burn Burn, baby, burn
Publisher: Los Angeles TimesYear: 1966Format: GraphicCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
political cartoon
Burn, baby, burn Burn, baby, burn
Publisher: Los Angeles TimesYear: 1966Format: GraphicCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
political cartoon
The Black Power Controversy The Black Power Controversy
Author: New South StudentPublisher: Southern Student Organizing Committee ("SSOC"), NashvilleYear: 1966Volume Number: Vol. 111-7 DecFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Includes: The Black Power Controversy; Lowndes County Story: Caging the Panther by Jane Dewart; From Power and Racism by Stokely Carmichael; Black Power and White Organizing by Anne Braden Ghandian Tour
The Black Power Controversy The Black Power Controversy
Author: New South StudentPublisher: Southern Student Organizing Committee ("SSOC"), NashvilleYear: 1966Volume Number: Vol. 111-7 DecFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Includes: The Black Power Controversy; Lowndes County Story: Caging the Panther by Jane Dewart; From Power and Racism by Stokely Carmichael; Black Power and White Organizing by Anne Braden Ghandian Tour
Fundraising letter Fundraising letter
Author: Floyd B. McKissickPublisher: Congress of Racial Equality ("CORE")Year: 1966Format: CorrespondenceCollection: CORE
Fundraising letter Fundraising letter
Author: Floyd B. McKissickPublisher: Congress of Racial Equality ("CORE")Year: 1966Format: CorrespondenceCollection: CORE
The Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party
Publisher: Merit Publishers, NYCDate: 6/1966Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization
Speech by John Hulett; interview with Stokely Carmichael; Report from Lowndes County
The Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party
Publisher: Merit Publishers, NYCDate: 6/1966Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization
Speech by John Hulett; interview with Stokely Carmichael; Report from Lowndes County
One Man--One Vote One Man--One Vote
Publisher: Lowndes County Freedom Organization, Hayneville, ALYear: 1966Format: MonographCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization
Booklet on how to choose candidates and vote