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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.
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.

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Excerpt from SLA Support Rally Excerpt from SLA Support Rally
Publisher: KPFAFormat: mp3Collection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Excerpt taken from KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 6/17/1974.
One Azania, One Nation, One People! Speeches and Documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress One Azania, One Nation, One People! Speeches and Documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress
Publisher: P.A.C.Collection: South Africa
The P.A.C. Case (Mangaliso Sobukwe); The Manifesto of the P.A.C. (adopted in 1959); Twilight Time for Apartheid-Colonialism (Potlako K. Leballo); From Sharpeville to Soweto (David Maphumzana Sibeko); Tambos ANC Prefers Colonial and Racist Name to Azania (David Dube).
Queer, Ain't It? Queer, Ain't It?
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: CompilationCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
A collection of writings from Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on AIDS and the liberation of women, lesbians and gay men.
Groundswell: Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Distributing Committee Groundswell: Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Distributing Committee
Publisher: Prarie Fire Distributing CommitteeYear: 1975Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
In this issue: articles about PFOC traveling in the midwest and south; Oakland Veterans Against the War/ Winter Soldier Organization; Puerto Rican Solidarity Day Rally; Boston; more.
LA Five Statement LA Five Statement
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement at press conference concerning the November 19th FBI arrests of five alleged Weather Underground Organization members in both Houston and Los Angeles.
Boston Racism Flyer Boston Racism Flyer
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
The issue in Boston today is racism.
Letter to the editors of the Daily News Letter to the editors of the Daily News
Authors: Shelley Miller and Alan BerkmanPublisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 10/1/1975Volume Number: 1-OctFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Letter to the editors of the Daily News about the misrepresentation of PFOC
Court Minutes from the San Quentin Six Trial Court Minutes from the San Quentin Six Trial
Format: CompilationCollection: San Quentin Six
Court Minutes from March 1975 pre-trial to December 29, 1975.
Consciousness Raising Handbook Consciousness Raising Handbook
Authors: Deborah Bonetti, Sandra Hai, Harriet Perl, Jane WagnerPublisher: L.A. NOW Consciousness Raising CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: Gender and Sexuality
Contents: History of Feminist Consciousness Raising; Consciousness Raising and Feminism; How Consciousness Raising Works; Consciousness Raising: Bridging Theory and Action; Selected Bibliography; Second Thoughts.
Notes from the Second Year: Women's liberation: Major Writings of Radical Feminists Notes from the Second Year: Women's liberation: Major Writings of Radical Feminists
Publisher: Radical FeminismFormat: CompilationCollection: Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Essays on the new Women's Liberation Movement. I. Women's Experience (5 articles); II. Theories of Radical Feminism (4 articles); III. Founding of a Radical Feminist Movement- Issues: The Left Debate (6 articles); Consciousness-Raising (5 articles); Organizing (9 articles); Manifestos (5 articles).