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.

Search Results

Prison Art Newsletter Prison Art Newsletter
Publisher: Prison Art NewsletterYear: 2002Volume Number: Vol. 2-5 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Art Newsletter
Prison Art Newsletter Prison Art Newsletter
Publisher: Prison Art NewsletterYear: 2002Volume Number: Vol. 2-6 JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Art Newsletter
Justice Matters Justice Matters
Publisher: Western Prison ProjectYear: 2002Volume Number: Summer/FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Justice Matters
Available online at: http://www.safetyandjustice.org/publications/1343
Justice Matters Justice Matters
Publisher: Western Prison ProjectYear: 2002Volume Number: WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Justice Matters
Available online at: http://www.safetyandjustice.org/publications/1341
Breaking the Chains: People of Color and the War on Drugs Conference Press Clips Breaking the Chains: People of Color and the War on Drugs Conference Press Clips
Publisher: Drug Policy AllianceYear: 2002Format: ReportCollection: Drugs in Prisons
Reproduction of newspaper clippings related to the conference
Letter to Supporters from Deborah Peterson Small Letter to Supporters from Deborah Peterson Small
Author: Deborah Peterson SmallPublisher: Drug Policy AllianceDate: 12/23/2002Volume Number: 23-DecFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Drugs in Prisons
Organizational updates and next steps three months after the Breaking the Chains Conference
Seeking Correspondence: Robert F. Williams, Detroit and the Bandung Era Seeking Correspondence: Robert F. Williams, Detroit and the Bandung Era
Author: Bill V. MullenPublisher: Works and DaysYear: 2002Volume Number: Vol. 20 No. 1-2Format: ArticleCollection: Robert F. Williams!
Reprint of original article
Who is Lorenzo Komboa Ervin? Who is Lorenzo Komboa Ervin?
Publisher: RACEYear: 2002Volume Number: Spring: No 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Lorenzo Komboa Ervin
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund Annual Report The Palestine Children's Relief Fund Annual Report
Publisher: The Palestine Children's Relief FundYear: 2002Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Williamsburg Bridges Palestine 2002 Williamsburg Bridges Palestine 2002
Authors: Zena El-Khalil and Samia HalabyPublisher: Al JisserYear: 2002Format: CatalogCollection: Arab Media
Catalog of an art exhibition at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in 2002 featuring 50 Diasporan Palestinian Artists.