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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.
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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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An Open Letter to the People and all Combat Units of the "New World Liberation Front (NWLF)" An Open Letter to the People and all Combat Units of the "New World Liberation Front (NWLF)"
Publisher: Comat Unit Four of the Black Liberation ArmyFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This letter from Combat Unit Four of the Black Liberation Army addresses the combat units of the New World Liberation Front. It calls for all combat units to unite and meet violent governmental opposition with the use of arms.
Free the SLA Free the SLA
Author: SLAFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This statement written from the "underground" critiques the current revolutionary groups and provides directions for how the Left should continue. Its idea to unite the masses includes building a non-racist movement, incorporating the ideology of feminism into all theory and practice, and creating organizations capable of surviving repression from oppositional forces.
Open Letter to Mrs. Jaqueline Foster Open Letter to Mrs. Jaqueline Foster
Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This letter is written to Jacqueline Foster, wife of the assasinated Marcus Foster. It gives various reasons for his assasination.
Those Who Do Nothing Make No Mistakes Those Who Do Nothing Make No Mistakes
Author: Martin Sostre & Weather UndergroundPublisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveFormat: PamphletCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This pamphlet is a response by Martin Sostre and the Weather Underground to the shootings of SLA members on May 17, 1974 in Los Angeles. Martin commemorates actions taken by the SLA and mourns the loss of those members. The Weather Underground also celebrates the SLA and pushes to continue the revolutionary armed struggle.
The Black Scholar Interviews: Alfred "Skip" Robinson The Black Scholar Interviews: Alfred "Skip" Robinson
Author: Robert AllenPublisher: The Black ScholarYear: 1979Volume Number: March-AprilFormat: ArticleCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Robinson is the leader of the United League of Mississippi, which organized in 15 counties of MS and parts of Alabama and Tennessee to protest racism, police brutality, black land grabs, terrorism by KKK, and to fight for adequate housing, healthy care, jobs, and schools
BLA Political Overview BLA Political Overview
Publisher: Black Liberation ArmyFormat: StatementCollection: BLA
Overview and statement of general political positions
Marxism and Black Radicalism in America: The Communist Party Experience Marxism and Black Radicalism in America: The Communist Party Experience
Author: Mark NaisonPublisher: New England Free PressYear: 1971Volume Number: May-JuneFormat: ArticleCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Reprinted article from Radical America, re: the long and continuing journey of Marxism and Black Radicalism in U.S.
The Demand for Black Labor The Demand for Black Labor
Author: Harold M. BaronPublisher: New England Free PressYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Historical Notes on the Political Economy of Racism
Message to the Grass Roots and the Ballot or the Bullet Message to the Grass Roots and the Ballot or the Bullet
Author: Malcolm XFormat: ExcerptCollection: Malcolm X
Chapters from book Malcolm X Speaks - two of the last speeches Malcolm gave before leaving NOI
Malcolm X Study Guide Malcolm X Study Guide
Publisher: Malcolm X Conference Office, Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeDate: 11/1990Volume Number: NovemberFormat: MonographCollection: Malcolm X
Study Guide of Malcolm X's life and politics