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

Memorial for Charisse Shumate #2 Memorial for Charisse Shumate #2
Date: 9/23/2001Call Number: SHU 044Format: DV CamCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Charisse Shumate: Fighting for our Lives”
Memorial service for Charisse Shumate.
Green Prison 2 Green Prison 2
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: SHU 048Format: DV CamCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Charisse Shumate: Fighting for our Lives”
Media Reel - CA inmate reception, Pelican Bay SHU, Death Row and Execution Chamber at San Quentin, Death Row at CCWF, and miscallenous footage of reception, yard, etc.
Judi Bari's Deposition/Bombing News Judi Bari's Deposition/Bombing News
Date: 8/9/2001Call Number: JB 125Format: VHSCollection: Materials shot and collected in the making of The Forest for the Trees
Second part of Judi Bari's deposition. News clips of breaking news on bomb.
The Fire Inside The Fire Inside
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersYear: 2001Volume Number: No. 18 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prisons - Women
Newsletter of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Raza Prisoners and Colonialism Conference Raza Prisoners and Colonialism Conference
Year: 2001Format: FlyerCollection: Raza Prison
Registration form for La Raza Prisoners and Colonialism conference on 5/5/2001
Prison Art Newsletter Prison Art Newsletter
Publisher: Prison Art NewsletterYear: 2001Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Art Newsletter
Military Tribunals; The Castle of Death Military Tribunals; The Castle of Death
Publisher: Independent NewsYear: 2001Format: ArticleCollection: Military Tribunals
2 Articles. First has a number of underlines and highlighted notes, including the handwritten attribution "From Attica to Qalai Janghi"
Hard Time: From Alabama's Past, Capitalism and Racism In a Cruel Partnership Hard Time: From Alabama's Past, Capitalism and Racism In a Cruel Partnership
Author: Douglas A. BlackmonPublisher: Wall Street JournalYear: 2001Format: ArticleCollection: Prison Labor
Clipping from 7/16/2001 issue
Email forwarding Statement on Freeing All Political Prisoners Email forwarding Statement on Freeing All Political Prisoners
Author: Donna WallachYear: 2001Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Tear Down The Walls Political Prisoner Conference
Printed by Claude Marks. Response to concerns of conduct by RNA/NCC
Email to Freedom Archives Re: cuba Conference Email to Freedom Archives Re: cuba Conference
Author: Diana BlockYear: 2001Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Tear Down The Walls Political Prisoner Conference
Reproduction of email forwarding response to concerns of conduct by RNA/NCC