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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.
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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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Best Practices and Human Rights in Supermax Prisons: A Dialogue Best Practices and Human Rights in Supermax Prisons: A Dialogue
Publisher: Bonnie Kerness, American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 2001Format: TranscriptCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Mission, direction and accomplishments of the AFSC. Includes excerpts from inmate letters.
Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims
Authors: Nkechi Taifa, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Michael Tarif Warren, Bruce Ellison, Geronimo ji Jaga, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Human Rights Research Fund, Release 2001Year: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Publisher: Legal Services for Prisoners with ChildrenYear: 2001Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prisons - Women
Her Name is Assata! Her Name is Assata!
Author: Zayid MuhammadPublisher: Daily ChallengeDate: 1/24/2001Volume Number: 24-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
reproduction of original article
The Defiant: Prisoners in the Global Resistance The Defiant: Prisoners in the Global Resistance
Author: Rob los RicosPublisher: APLAN Anarchist Prisoners' Legal Aid NetworkYear: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Aplan Anarchist
We Never Sleep We Never Sleep
Publisher: APLAN Anarchist Prisoners' Legal Aid NetworkDate: 10/2001Volume Number: OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Aplan Anarchist
Green Anarchy Green Anarchy
Publisher: Green AnarchyYear: 2001Volume Number: Fall/WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Aplan Anarchist
Green Anarchy Green Anarchy
Publisher: Green AnarchyYear: 2001Volume Number: Late SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Aplan Anarchist
Buffalo Chip Buffalo Chip
Publisher: Nebraskans for JusticeYear: 2001Volume Number: FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Buffalo Chip
Contents include- Questions about the Case: Chapter Thirty-One; Reconciliation; Catch 22 Chapter 31; Actual Innocence Book Review
Buffalo Chip Buffalo Chip
Publisher: Nebraskans for JusticeYear: 2001Volume Number: WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Buffalo Chip
Contents include: Angela Davis for Ed and Mondo; Health Care in Nebraska Prisons; The Bankrupt US Justice System; The Elephant in the Living Room: The Cruelty of Lethal Injection