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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.
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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.
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Notes from a New Afrikan POW Journal Notes from a New Afrikan POW Journal
Publisher: Spear and Shield - New Afrikan Prisoners OrganizationYear: 1986Format: BookCollection: New Afrikan Prisoners Organization
Compendium of books one through seven.
Vita Wa Watu: More Notes from a New Afrikan POW Journal Book Eight Vita Wa Watu: More Notes from a New Afrikan POW Journal Book Eight
Publisher: Spear and Shield - New Afrikan Prisoners OrganizationYear: 1986Volume Number: January Book EightFormat: PeriodicalCollection: New Afrikan Prisoners Organization
About These Notes; Black Liberation, A Speech by James Forman; Afterwords: Notes on the Transition of the "Black Liberation" Phrase, Concept, and Movement by Mwalimu Shanna and Seldom Seen; A Letter from the Creative Image Scholarship Fund
Vita Wa Watu Vita Wa Watu
Publisher: Spear and Shield - New Afrikan Prisoners OrganizationYear: 1986Volume Number: August Book NineFormat: PeriodicalCollection: New Afrikan Prisoners Organization
Notes on the Link Between Oppression of New Afrikan Women and the New Afrikan National Liberation Revolution Part One: The Origin and Nature of Women's Oppression; ending Colonial Police Violence in the African Community by Community Self-Defense Program, NY; Organization Means Commitment; On the RNA and the Provisional Government
Mental Health Mistreatment Mental Health Mistreatment
Date: 5/31/1986Call Number: FI 226Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Analysis and critique of so-called mental health treatment and forced medication in US, including comments by those subjected to it, former patients, on the occasion of meeting of American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco.
The War in El Salvador Current Situation and Outlook for The Future. The War in El Salvador Current Situation and Outlook for The Future.
Author: JOAQUIN VILLALOBOSPublisher: Frente Farabundo Marti Para La Liberacion NacionalYear: 1986Format: ArticleCollection: El Salvador
"The war in El Salvador" by Joaquin Villalobos originally appeared in spanish as "El Estado Actual de la Guerra y sus Perspectivas".
The Nairobi Womens Conference: Toward a Global Feminism? The Nairobi Womens Conference: Toward a Global Feminism?
Publisher: Feminist StudiesYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 12-2 SummerFormat: ArticleCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Discussion of [relatie success of] 1985 global women's conference in Nairobi
SeChaba: Official Organ of the African National Congress South Africa SeChaba: Official Organ of the African National Congress South Africa
Publisher: African National Congress South Africa (ANC)Date: 6/1986Volume Number: JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: June 16th- Ten Years of Struggle
Through the Looking Glass: A Womens Prison Newsletter Through the Looking Glass: A Womens Prison Newsletter
Publisher: Through the Looking GlassYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 11-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Cover Story: International Womens Day; Inside this Issue: "Israel and Palestine: Speak Out for Peace"; "Women's Resistance Under Israeli Occupation"; "Civil Commitment in Washington State"; Letters from Inside; more
Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1986Volume Number: Issue 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original.
Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Publisher: Publicity and Information Department of the B.C.M. (A)Year: 1986Volume Number: No. 13 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: The Deception of the Botha-Malan Junta; South Africa- 1985 in Retrospect; The Meaning of the National Democratic Revolution and the Black Struggle in South Africa