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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.
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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.
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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No Letup in Marion Lockdown No Letup in Marion Lockdown
Author: Akinshiju C. OlaPublisher: SF GuardianYear: 1985Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Stop the Marion lockdown: A conference for education and action Stop the Marion lockdown: A conference for education and action
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1985Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for conference commemorating the second anniversary of the Marion Prison Lockdown to be held at People's Church, Chicago, IL. Includes agenda, general information on the Lockdown, speaker list.
Conference Calls: What's Cooking at Marion Prison? Conference Calls: What's Cooking at Marion Prison?
Author: Robert McCloryPublisher: ReaderDate: 10/1985Volume Number: OctoberFormat: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of article from 10/25/1985 on the second anniversary of the Marion Lockdown.
Response to Report & Recommendations of Breed and Ward Report to the Judiciary Committee on Marion Federal Prison Response to Report & Recommendations of Breed and Ward Report to the Judiciary Committee on Marion Federal Prison
Authors: Jan Susler, Dennis CunninghamPublisher: Marion Prisoners' Rights ProjectYear: 1985Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
3/1985 Response to investigation and report by Allen breed and David Ward at the behest of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Jstice
Free Puerto Rico! Free Puerto Rico!
Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and SocialismDate: 10/1985Volume Number: OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: New Movement
14 Arrested in US & PR "Macheteros" Says FBI; Grand Jury Resisters Not to be Freed; 4 Patriots Convicted - Win International Support; New movement Blockades Navy Ship
The Lessons of Marion: The Failure a Maximum Security Prison: A History and Analysis, with Voices of Prisoners The Lessons of Marion: The Failure a Maximum Security Prison: A History and Analysis, with Voices of Prisoners
Publisher: American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 1985Format: PamphletCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Includes: Introduction; The social Context for Increased Prison Repression; The Criminal Justice System Responds; The Reform Community Adapts; Marion as the 'End of the Line'; The Lessons of Marion and Their Implications for New Directions
The New State Repression The New State Repression
Author: Ken LawrencePublisher: International Network Against New State RepressionYear: 1985Format: MonographCollection: Grand Jury
Topic of focus is political repression which exists in three forms- police brutality, vigilantism, and secret police. Table of Contents: Introduction, The Strategy of Permanent Repression, Frank Kitson in Theory and Practice, Louis Giuffrida: Ronald Reagan's Kitson, Robin Evelegh's Alternative Strategy, Conclusion, References.
Nicaraguan Women: Unlearning the Alphabet of Submission Nicaraguan Women: Unlearning the Alphabet of Submission
Publisher: Women's International Resource ExchangeYear: 1985Volume Number: FallFormat: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
A compliation of different authors writing about different topics pertaining to the role and conditions of women in Nicaragua before and following the Sandinista Revolution.
SASCO First National Congress SASCO First National Congress
Publisher: Publicity and Information SASCOYear: 1985Format: PamphletCollection: South Africa
Donation pamphlet for SASCO (South African Students Committee), an organization made up of both exile and non-exile students from South Africa.
SASCO- What is SASCO? SASCO- What is SASCO?
Authors: Dinilesizwe T. Sobukwe, Mthozami R. Xiphu, Itumeleng Mokate, Nomvuyo Qubeka, Twiggs Xiphu, Modise MaagaPublisher: South African Students CommitteeDate: 1/25/1985Volume Number: 25-JanFormat: PamphletCollection: South Africa