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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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Smash the Klan Smash the Klan
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1977Format: Press ReleaseCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
JBAKC press release about KKK activities at Napanoch Prison, New York, and other activities
The Systematic Genocide of Native Nations by the United States Government The Systematic Genocide of Native Nations by the United States Government
Author: Native American Solidarity CommitteePublisher: American Indian Treaty Council Information CenterDate: 6/1977Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: Native Americans
Overall description of U.S. imperialist genocide against Native Americans
The Houston Women's Conference: A Victory for US Imperialism Defend It or Defeat It The Houston Women's Conference: A Victory for US Imperialism Defend It or Defeat It
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationYear: 1977Format: PamphletCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Focuses on the 1977 National Womens Conference held in Houston
Women's Liberation and Imperialism Women's Liberation and Imperialism
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 11/1977Volume Number: NovemberFormat: MonographCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
PFOC document on Women's Liberation and Imperialism Preface; Overview; Historical Roots; Structure of Women's Oppression Under Imperialism; Double Shift; Work in the Home; Women's Oppression and Waged Labor; Institutions of Social Control; History of Women's Struggles in the US; Women and the Anti-imperialist Left; I like to think of Harriet Tubman
United States of America v. John J. Kearney United States of America v. John J. Kearney
Publisher: US District Court for the Southern District of New YorkDate: 4/7/1977Volume Number: 7-AprFormat: Government DocumentCollection: Cointelpro
Grand Jury charges filed against John J. Kearney, supervisor of FBI Squad 47.
Midnight Special Prisoners News Midnight Special Prisoners News
Publisher: National Lawyers Guild; Prison Justice CommitteeYear: 1977Volume Number: February Vol. 5-10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Midnight Special
Midnight Special Prisoners News Midnight Special Prisoners News
Publisher: National Lawyers Guild; Prison Justice CommitteeDate: 6/1977Volume Number: JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Midnight Special
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1977Volume Number: Vol. 4-13Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
This issue covers the murder of Laureano Cerrado Santos. Also includes an obituary of Aaron Rogat, one of the main collaborators of the periodical. Contains articles about The Sex Pistols, punks, the problems with trade unions, and press hysteria.
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1977Volume Number: Vol. 4-15Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
This issue focuses mainly on the execution of Siegfried Buback. Also reviews Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1977Volume Number: Vol. 4-14Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
Features article about the current state of the Murray Trials and the release of Ronan Stenson. Also, includes an article about the Hull prisoners demonstration.