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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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Common Victories Common Victories
Publisher: Common Victories; Old Berkeley Tribe; Weather Underground OrganizationDate: 2/23/1973Volume Number: 23-FebFormat: MonographCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Inside Wounded Knee Inside Wounded Knee
Publisher: Medical Committee for Human RightsDate: 4/1973Volume Number: AprilFormat: FlyerCollection: Native Americans
Eyewitness accounts and film by medical people who spent time inside the federal blockade at Wounded Knee
Liberated Guardian Liberated Guardian
Publisher: Hard Rain, inc.Date: 2/1973Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Attica
Includes articles on Attica and prison struggle.
Clockwork Orange at UCLA Clockwork Orange at UCLA
Publisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersDate: 5/8/1973Volume Number: 8-MayFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Mental Health
Press release from the Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners regarding the proposed Center for the Study and Reducation of Violence at UCLA
Memorandum on The Center for The Study of Violent Behavior Memorandum on The Center for The Study of Violent Behavior
Publisher: Committee Opposing Psychiatric Abuse of PrisonersDate: 4/5/1973Volume Number: 5-AprFormat: ReportCollection: Mental Health
A report on the newly formed Center for the Reduction of Life-Threatening Behavoir. The report concludes that it is particularly susceptible to political manipulation, totally devoid of protections for human rights and liberties, scientifically inadequate and generally unresponsive to the pressing need for a decrease in the level of violence in our culture.
Break De Chains Break De Chains
Publisher: National Committee for the Defense of Jo Anne Chesimard and Clark SquireYear: 1973Format: CompilationCollection: BLA
Firing Line: Interview with Huey P. Newton by William F. Buckley, Jr. Firing Line: Interview with Huey P. Newton by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Author: Huey NewtonPublisher: Firing LineYear: 1973Format: TranscriptCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
Firing Line: Interview with Huey P. Newton by William F. Buckley, Jr Firing Line: Interview with Huey P. Newton by William F. Buckley, Jr
Author: Huey NewtonPublisher: Firing LineYear: 1973Format: TranscriptCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
Firing Line: Interview with Huey P. Newton by William F. Buckley, Jr Firing Line: Interview with Huey P. Newton by William F. Buckley, Jr
Author: Huey NewtonPublisher: Firing LineYear: 1973Format: TranscriptCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
Testimony of Fred J. Hiestand, Public Advocates, Inc. Before the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Behalf of the NAACP, Western Region; The Black Panther Party; The National Organization for Women; The Mexican-American Political Association; and the California Prisoners' Union Testimony of Fred J. Hiestand, Public Advocates, Inc. Before the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Behalf of the NAACP, Western Region; The Black Panther Party; The National Organization for Women; The Mexican-American Political Association; and the California Prisoners' Union
Author: Fred HiestandPublisher: Public Advocates, Inc.Date: 5/9/1973Volume Number: May 9Format: TranscriptCollection: Black Panther Party general
Testimony re: proposed Center for the Study and Reduction of Violence, especially re: behavior modification experiments and surgeries on California prisoners