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

The 10th Annnual New Years Book The 10th Annnual New Years Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1992Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Edwin Cortez; Wopashitwe Mundo Eyen we Langa; Francisco Alarcón; Langston Hughes; June Jordan; Audre Lorde; Sheila Medina; Laura Hershey; Tom Manning; Abdul Haqq; Abdul Hassen; Aki Lumumba; Mickey Duxbury; mary Tallmountain; Laura Whitehorn; Miguel Huezo Mixco;
National Committee Update National Committee Update
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersDate: 10/1/1992Volume Number: 1-OctFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Correspondance and notes
Verdict of the International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations in the USA Verdict of the International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations in the USA
Date: 10/14/1992Volume Number: 14-OctFormat: MonographCollection: 1992 Tribunal
Verdict of the 1992 Tribunal- English
Verdicto Del Tribunal Internacional de Los Pueblos Indigenas Y Naciones Oprimidas en Los EEUU Verdicto Del Tribunal Internacional de Los Pueblos Indigenas Y Naciones Oprimidas en Los EEUU
Date: 11/24/1992Volume Number: 24-NovFormat: MonographCollection: 1992 Tribunal
Verdict of the 1992 Tribunal- Spanish
Pan American Airlines is Racist Protest Pan Am Pan American Airlines is Racist Protest Pan Am
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
flyer
Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL
Authors: Silvia Baraldini, Marilyn Buck, Susan rosenberg, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Anti-Imperialist Political PrisonersYear: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Fall 1992 article: "This paper was written to break with the secrecy and silence on Shawnee Unit; to recognize women as wqual participants in the struggle to shut down all control units; and to be responsible to ongoing political struggle."
Letter to Douglas Dougherty: Appendix B: High-Tech Dungeon Letter to Douglas Dougherty: Appendix B: High-Tech Dungeon
Publisher: The Bay GuardianYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter to Douglas Dougherty: Appendix F: Prison Town USA Letter to Douglas Dougherty: Appendix F: Prison Town USA
Author: John RossPublisher: Anderson Valley AdvertiserYear: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Chicago Lawyers Barred from Visiting Ind. Inmates Chicago Lawyers Barred from Visiting Ind. Inmates
Author: Cris CarmodyPublisher: Chicago Daily Law BulletinYear: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of article.