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

X Generation X Generation
Author: Clayborne CarsonPublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 2/19/1995Volume Number: 19-FebFormat: ArticleCollection: Malcolm X
Article in San Francisco Examiner Magazine re: the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X marking the end of a common dream
Malcolm X Malcolm X
Format: FlyerCollection: Malcolm X
Flyer for film showing sponsored by John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, focusing on fight against white supremacy and for national liberation of Black people in U.S.
Picture This Picture This
Author: Hilton AlsPublisher: VoiceDate: 11/10/1992Volume Number: 10-NovFormat: ArticleCollection: Malcolm X
On the set, the street, and at dinner with "X" director Spike Lee
Black News Black News
Publisher: OYO Enterprises, Inc.Year: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 4-10 October-NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Issue focuses on Black Women
Black News Black News
Publisher: OYO Enterprises, Inc.Year: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 4-11 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
"Assata Liberated" - Assata's Black Solidarity Day Statement, Message from BLA, Karenga-KWANZAA, Foundations of Christianity, South African playwright Selaelo Maredo, Black United Front Statement onf Iran, Aminata Moseka/Abbey Lincoln, Case of the Virgin Island 5, Blacks and U.S. Mideast Policy
Black News Black News
Publisher: OYO Enterprises, Inc.Year: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 4-7 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Interview with Kangai, Nigeria, South Afrika, Black Women Under Apartheid, Interview with Robert Williams, karenga on Wallace's Macho Man, POW Forum, Nestle Boycott, OAU Council of Ministers, PAC Calls Congressional hearing
Kill the Kids First: The Coming of Black Genocide Kill the Kids First: The Coming of Black Genocide
Publisher: Bottomfish Blues: A Voice for the Amazon NationYear: 1987Volume Number: No. 3 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Issue focuses on many forms of genocide against Black people in the U.S.
Black Liberation Army Communique Black Liberation Army Communique
Publisher: Black Liberation ArmyDate: 11/5/1981Volume Number: 5-NovFormat: CommuniqueCollection: BLA
"On the Strategic Alliance of the Armed Military Forces of the Revolutionary Nationalist and Anti-Imperialist Movement
Dragon Dragon
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveYear: 1975Volume Number: No. 5 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Dragon
Table of Contents: Letter from the Smybionese Liberation Army December/75, Our Back Pages: B.A.R.C., Letters, Nam Brothers: Ashanti, Black Liberation Army, The Weather Underground Organization film, Blurbs, Politics in Command: Weather Underground, Women's Gun Pamphlet: book review, New World Liberation Front, structure, New Worl Liberation Front, community health strategy, The Zapata Unit: B.A.R.C., An Open Letter to the People, the Zapata Unit, and New Dawn.
Dragon Dragon
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveYear: 1976Volume Number: No. 6 JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Dragon
Table of Contents: BARC Finances, Shorts, Racism Among Prison Supporters, On Grand Juries, On Criticism, On Bio-Dossiers, Guerrilla Activity and Analysis, New World Liberation Front/Community Health Campaign, George Jackson Brigade, On and From the Zapata Unit, Red Guerrilla Family Bombs the Iranian Consulate, Poem: Prison Is, Women In Prison at North Carolina, Atmore-Holman Bros. and Inmates for Action, Nam Bros. Part 2, How Did the Dragon Get Its Fire?