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

Tribute to Jose E. Lopez Tribute to Jose E. Lopez
Date: 10/31/1999Volume Number: 31-OctFormat: ProgramCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Program from a 1999 tribute to Jose Lopez in Chicago.
Sparks Fly 10 large flier Sparks Fly 10 large flier
Publisher: Sparks Fly Committee, Out oF Control - Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersYear: 1999Format: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Flyer for Sparks Fly X 12/11/1999. Virtual holdings only.
Sparks Fly 10 small flier Sparks Fly 10 small flier
Publisher: Sparks Fly Committee, Out oF Control - Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersYear: 1999Format: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Flyer for Sparks Fly X 12/11/1999. Virtual holdings only.
José López José López
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1999Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Pamphlet put together for a birthday tribute to José López at the time there was a Cointelpro-like campaign against him.
Prison Labor Prison Labor
Publisher: Bonnie Kerness, American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 1999Format: MonographCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Discusses prison labor as "neo-slavery"; torture as a device; racially targeted policy and practice.
Turning the Tables on US Abuse of International Human rights Standards: Exploring Ways to Use International Treaties and Covenants in Domestic Litigation Turning the Tables on US Abuse of International Human rights Standards: Exploring Ways to Use International Treaties and Covenants in Domestic Litigation
Publisher: Bonnie Kerness, American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 1999Format: TranscriptCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Presented at the National Conference of Black Lawyers 10/1999. Quotes from letters of inmates, discusses US compliance with international agreements against torture, and US prison policy and the proliferation of control unit prisons.
Anarchist Panther Anarchist Panther
Author: Ashanti AlstonYear: 1999Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anarchist Panther
Zine produced by political prisoner Ashanti Alston.
Buffalo Chip Buffalo Chip
Publisher: Nebraskans for JusticeYear: 1999Volume Number: FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Buffalo Chip
Contents include: US Justice for Kids: Conservatively Compassionate; Police Brutality- A US Epidemic; Kafka Time: Prison Rules and Regulations; The Whole World is Watching; Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa: Nebraska's Political Prisoners.
Buffalo Chip Buffalo Chip
Publisher: Nebraskans for JusticeYear: 1999Volume Number: SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Buffalo Chip
Contents include: Mondo to seek Communtation and Release; Ronald Reagan's Polcy: Forgive Excesses of the 60s; Letters Needed! Write to the Nebraska Pardons Board Now; WhiteClay/Pine Ridge; To Walk Familiar Streets in Omaha; US Political Prisoners and the Prison Industry; Leonard Peltier on WhiteClay; Mondo on WhiteClay
Crossroad Crossroad
Publisher: Spear & ShieldDate: 5/1999Volume Number: MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Crossroad