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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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RNA Calls for Support of Black Election to Assure Legal City Council in 1977 RNA Calls for Support of Black Election to Assure Legal City Council in 1977
Publisher: The Mississippi EnterpriseDate: 8/1976Volume Number: AugustFormat: ArticleCollection: Republic of New Afrika
reproduction of original article
The New Afrikan: The Official Organ of the Republic of New Afrika The New Afrikan: The Official Organ of the Republic of New Afrika
Publisher: The Republic of New AfricaYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 6-2 December 25Format: PeriodicalCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Cover Story: Imari Predicts Victory Despite Jail
The Creation of The Black Municipal Council of Jackson, Mississippi The Creation of The Black Municipal Council of Jackson, Mississippi
Publisher: The Provisional Government of the Republic of New AfrikaYear: 1976Format: FlyerCollection: Republic of New Afrika
The Election: A Victory and a Lesson
Soul Food/Soul Music Benefit for "Soul on Ice" Soul Food/Soul Music Benefit for "Soul on Ice"
Publisher: Eldridge Cleaver Defense FundDate: 8/21/1976Volume Number: 21-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Angela Davis
RNA Election Makes Jackson Blacks Able to Fight for Direct Revenue Sharing RNA Election Makes Jackson Blacks Able to Fight for Direct Revenue Sharing
Publisher: The Mississippi EnterpriseDate: 10/1976Volume Number: OctoberFormat: ArticleCollection: Republic of New Afrika
reproduction of original article
New York Supreme Court Judge Comes Here to Honor the Black Municipal Council New York Supreme Court Judge Comes Here to Honor the Black Municipal Council
Publisher: The Mississippi EnterpriseYear: 1976Format: ArticleCollection: Republic of New Afrika
reproduction of original article
Political Program of the South West Africa People's Organisation Political Program of the South West Africa People's Organisation
Publisher: SWAPO Department of Information and PublicityYear: 1976Volume Number: July 28- August 1Format: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
LSM News, Special Issue on SWAPO LSM News, Special Issue on SWAPO
Publisher: LSM News: Quarterly Journal of Liberation Support MovementYear: 1976Volume Number: Nos. 11-12Format: PeriodicalCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
LSM double issue focusing on the South West Africa Peoples Organization and the liberation struggle in Namibia.
Revolution in Africa Revolution in Africa
Publisher: Liberation Support Movement (LSM)Year: 1976Format: PamphletCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Liberation in Southern Africa: The Organization of Angolan Women Liberation in Southern Africa: The Organization of Angolan Women
Publisher: Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (CCLAMG)Date: 3/2/1976Volume Number: 2-MarFormat: PamphletCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Revised and expanded version of earlier Organization of Angolan Women phamplet which appeared in 1972 and 1974.