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

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
Pratt Sues Prison Officials Pratt Sues Prison Officials
Publisher: GuardianDate: 6/9/1976Volume Number: 9-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Paul Robeson: Selected Writings Paul Robeson: Selected Writings
Publisher: Paul Robeson Archives, IncYear: 1976Format: BookCollection: Paul Robeson
Funeral Service for Paul Robeson Funeral Service for Paul Robeson
Date: 1/27/1976Volume Number: 27-JanFormat: EphemeraCollection: Paul Robeson
Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 1 Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: CD 884Format: CDProducers: Barbara LubinskiCollection: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron with message to the movement in San Francisco.
Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 2 Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: CD 885Format: CDProducers: Barbara LubinskiCollection: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron with message to the movement in San Francisco.
Fred Hampton Memorial Fred Hampton Memorial
Date: 12/7/1976Call Number: FI 220Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Seventh anniversary of Fred Hampton/Mark Clark assassination by Chicago police and FBI. Poem by Lincoln on Fred Hampton.
Van Hoa Viet Nam: Culture of Vietnam Van Hoa Viet Nam: Culture of Vietnam
Date: 1/1976Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: PoemCollection: Vietnam
A collection of Vietnamese poetry.
Farsa Electoral Farsa Electoral
Author: Angel Rodriguez CristobalPublisher: Rebeldia Publications: Liga Socialista PuertorriquenaDate: 11/30/1976Volume Number: 30-NovFormat: PamphletCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
Discussion of the 1976 election. Spanish
Electoral Farce Electoral Farce
Author: Angel Rodriguez CristobalPublisher: Rebeldia Publications: Liga Socialista PuertorriquenaDate: 11/30/1976Volume Number: 30-NovFormat: PamphletCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
Discussion of the 1976 election.