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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.

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Assata Shakur Betrayed by the Black Congressional Caucus Assata Shakur Betrayed by the Black Congressional Caucus
Publisher: Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and ActivismYear: 1998Volume Number: Issue 1 Winter SolsticeFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
article talking about HCR 254 which calls on the government of Cuba to extradite Assata Shakur to the US. Article critizes the Congressional Black Caucus for its support of the resolution.
Walkin' Steel Walkin' Steel
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1998Volume Number: FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Includes: ADX Florence, the 4th Year; Prisoners chained during childbirth; Youth crime; Why prisons don't prevent crime; Prisoners soaked by phone companies; Art & revolution; Billy Hands Robinson remembered; Mary L. Johnson continues struggling; The prison-industrial complex
Letter to Morton Sklar, Director, World Organization Against Torture Letter to Morton Sklar, Director, World Organization Against Torture
Publisher: Bonnie Kerness, American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 1998Format: CorrespondenceCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Letter concerning methods of torture used in federal and state correctional facilities. Part of 9/1998 mailing.
Letter to prisoners and prison advocates Letter to prisoners and prison advocates
Publisher: Staughton and Alice LyndYear: 1998Format: CorrespondenceCollection: American Friends Service Committee
summary of conditions reported by more than 20 prisoners at Ohio State Penitentiary. Includes: Criteria for selection; Lack of notice; Mental health; Security or Punishment; exit criteria and methods; Grievance procedure; Changes; medical treatment; Attitudes. Part of 9/1998 mailing.
Join the Campaign of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience to Free Leonard Peltier Join the Campaign of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience to Free Leonard Peltier
Publisher: Leonard Peltier Defense CommitteeYear: 1998Format: FlyerCollection: Leonard Peltier
Flyer for the 12/19/1998 start of a national nonviolent civil disobedience campaign
Jericho '98 - Amnesty and Freedom for All Political Prisoners Jericho '98 - Amnesty and Freedom for All Political Prisoners
Publisher: Jericho '98 organizing CommitteeYear: 1998Format: FlyerCollection: Jericho 98
Flyer calling for awareness campaign for PPs and POWs
December 10th - 1998: Fifty Years of Rights and Freedoms December 10th - 1998: Fifty Years of Rights and Freedoms
Publisher: Piles for MilesYear: 1998Format: FlyerCollection: Private Prisons
Pamphlet for 12/10/1998 event supporting San Francisco Bay Area non-profits.
Political Prisoners Write Critical Resistance Political Prisoners Write Critical Resistance
Authors: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Silvia Baraldini, Herman Bell, Marilyn Buck, Susan Crana, Linda Evans, Dylcia PagPublisher: Jericho Organizing Committee of CaliforniaYear: 1998Format: CompilationCollection: Literary Prisoners
Articles written by various Political Prisoners. Mumia Abu-Jamal (The Industry of Fear); Silvia Baraldini (Message to Critical Resistance and The Letter); Herman Bell (In Support of Critical Resistance Conference); Marilyn Buck, Susan Crane, Linda Evans, Dylcia Pagan, Alicia Rodriguez, Lucy Rodriguez, Carmen Valentin, Laura Whitehorn (Message to Critical Resistance); Marilyn Buck (Bones); Susan Crane (Letter from FCI Dublin); Jalil Abdul Muntaqim (From the Cold War of the 90s); Lucy Rodriguez (Message to Critical Resistance); Alicia Rodriguez (Message to Critical Resistance); Russell Maroon Shoats (Open Letter to Supporters of Recognized Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War); Albert Nuh Washington (Message to Critical Resistance); Laura Whitehorn (For Standing Deer Wilson and All Righteous Old Men and Women in Prison and Notes from the Unrepenitentiary); Block Prints by Marilyn Buck, Susan Crane and Laura Whitehorn.