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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.
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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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USS Liberty Incident Part 1 USS Liberty Incident Part 1
Date: 1/29/1992Call Number: CE 666Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: USS Liberty 1Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Commentaries by Colin Edwards on the USS Liberty incident, in which the Israeli military attacked a US ship on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War killing 34 crew members, wounding 171. Israel later apologized, claiming it was a mistake. These 1992 commentaries raise serious questions about this claim as additional evidence of a cover up emerged.
USS Liberty Incident Part 2 USS Liberty Incident Part 2
Date: 1/29/1992Call Number: CE 667Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: USS Liberty 2Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Second set of commentaries by Colin Edwards on the USS Liberty incident, in which the Israeli military attacked a US ship on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War killing 34 crew members, wounding 171. Israel later apologized, claiming it was a mistake. These 1992 commentaries raise serious questions about this claim as additional evidence of a cover up emerged.
USS Liberty Incident Part 3 USS Liberty Incident Part 3
Date: 1/29/1992Call Number: CE 668Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: USS Liberty 3Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Third set of commentaries by Colin Edwards on the USS Liberty incident, in which the Israeli military attacked a US ship on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War killing 34 crew members, wounding 171. Israel later apologized, claiming it was a mistake. These 1992 commentaries raise serious questions about this claim as additional evidence of a cover up emerged.
Deadly defense: women who kill abusers Deadly defense: women who kill abusers
Author: Candy J . CooperPublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 8/30/1992Volume Number: 30-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: Violence Against Women
Reproduction of original article.
Premeditated Execution: The Supreme Court is the death penaltys final arbiter, but the US must decide what it achieves Premeditated Execution: The Supreme Court is the death penaltys final arbiter, but the US must decide what it achieves
Author: Hendrik HertzbergPublisher: Time MagazineDate: 5/18/1992Volume Number: 18-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Death penalty
Reproduction of original article
ACLU Plans Suit to Challenge Prison Censorship ACLU Plans Suit to Challenge Prison Censorship
Author: Hanna W. RoslaPublisher: New Jersey Law JournalDate: 12/7/1992Volume Number: 7-DecFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
reproduction of original article.
Control Unit Prisons, Racism and Political Repression Control Unit Prisons, Racism and Political Repression
Author: Ward ChurchillDate: 5/3/1992Volume Number: 3-MayFormat: TranscriptCollection: Control Units
Reproduction of transcript from speech given by Ward Churchill on the topic of control units.
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarDate: 12/1992Volume Number: DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
International Human Rights Day; Join the Campaign!; Libertad - A New Phase; NYC Council Passes History - Making Resolution; Editorial Politics; NYC Resolution; Messages to the New York City Council.
By Any Means Necessary By Any Means Necessary
Publisher: New Afrikan People's OrganizationYear: 1992Volume Number: June/July 1992Format: PeriodicalCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
Cover Story: The Rebellion of Spring: The Handwriting is on the Wall. Inside: The New Afrikan People's Organization Organizes the People to Take a Stand!!!; Message from the Chairman: The New Afrikan Revolution and Malcolm X; Self-Determination: A Human Right in Jackson, Mississippi; Grassroots Convention Underway; Atlanta Sets it Off!; Tasks Ahead for Organizing in the South; Columbus, cultural, Imperialism, and the New Afrikan Nation; The New Afrikan Uprising; New Afrikan Women Speak; The Rebellion of Spring: The Chickens (Finally) Came Home to Roost; History is a Weapon!: Righting the Wrong; New Afrikan Analysis: On Captured Citizens, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of War: A New Afrikan Perspective; A Call to Justice Loving People Worldwide: Help Save Mumia Abu-Jamal!!!; To the Supporters of "G": A Letter from the International Campaign to Free Geronimo; Updates: Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War; From Across the Empire: News Briefs;
Crossroad: A New Afrikan Captured Combatant Newsletter Crossroad: A New Afrikan Captured Combatant Newsletter
Publisher: Spear and Shield PublicationsYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 4 No 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Crossroad