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.

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Crossroad: A New Afrikan Captured Combatant Newsletter Crossroad: A New Afrikan Captured Combatant Newsletter
Publisher: Spear and Shield PublicationsYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 3 No 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Crossroad
Crossroad: A New Afrikan Captured Combatant Newsletter Crossroad: A New Afrikan Captured Combatant Newsletter
Publisher: Spear and Shield PublicationsYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 4 No 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Crossroad
State of the Black Come-Unity: A Movement Update State of the Black Come-Unity: A Movement Update
Publisher: Black Community News ServiceYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party Contemporary Articles and Newsletters
Maoism and the Black Panther Party Maoism and the Black Panther Party
Publisher: Maoist Internationalist MovementYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party Contemporary Articles and Newsletters
New prison fills security gap New prison fills security gap
Publisher: Kit Troyer (Maine Sunday Telegram)Year: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Photocopy of article on new prison in Maine.
Prison protestors call for end to isolation units Prison protestors call for end to isolation units
Publisher: Emily. J. Hornaday (Trenton Times)Year: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Photocopy of article on 5/13/1992 protest at USP Trenton, NJ. Part of 1/5/1995 AFSC Memorandum.
N.J. political prisoners do hard time in solitary N.J. political prisoners do hard time in solitary
Publisher: Bill Sanderson (The Record); Ojore LutaloYear: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Photocopy of article on USP Trenton lockdown conditions. Copy 1 part of 1/5/1995 AFSC Memorandum. Copy 2 part of 11/7/1995 mailing. Copy 3 donated by AFSC, including collage by Ojore Lutalo
Control Units: Isolation in 1992 Control Units: Isolation in 1992
Publisher: American Friends Service Committee: New York Metropolitan regionYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Advertisement for 5/2/1992 Town meeting and silent vigil. Includes information on the Marionization of US penitentiaries. (3rd copy as Part of 1/5/1995 AFSC Memorandum starting with Memorandum: Minutes and Materials from Dec. 3-4 Meeting Re Control Units. 4th Copy attached to Letter to Bonnie Kerness from Helen Woodson dated 10/5/1995)
La Paria Radical La Paria Radical
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 5-4 NoviembreFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
International tribunal finds US guilty of genocide; Thousands protest militantly quicentennial of European invasion; Macheteros speak out on the anniversary of Pedro Albizu Campos Birth, El Salvador: A peace without Perspective
La Paria Radical La Paria Radical
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 4-8 MarzoFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
Comandante Corretjer Remembered; The Legacy of Malcolm X; A Song to Commitment and Solidarity; An interview with Di