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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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The Changing Face of Justice: A One-Day Conference at Lake Forest College The Changing Face of Justice: A One-Day Conference at Lake Forest College
Publisher: Lake Forest CollegeYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for 10/6/1987 event featuring Martin Sobell.
USP-Marion, Part III USP-Marion, Part III
Authors: Jacki Lyden, Paula SchillerPublisher: National Public RadioYear: 1987Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of transcript from 12/16/1987 radio broadcast on the conditions and behavior modification techniques at Marion Prison.
Ms. Gibes-You're Wrong! Ms. Gibes-You're Wrong!
Author: Phil EscopletePublisher: Transport Fleet NewsYear: 1987Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of editorial piece in response to condemning comments on April editorial "Ends Lockdown at Marion Penitentiary".
People's tribunal to expose the Crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units People's tribunal to expose the Crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown; Committee to Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit; National committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Flyer for 10/24/1987 tribunal.
People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit; National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising tribunal for 10/24/1987. Includes general information on Marion and Lexington, schedule, list of witnesses and justices.
Tribunal Schedule Tribunal Schedule
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown; National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1987Format: AgendaCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Tribunal schedule 10/19/1987
Tribunal Statement: From Women PP's and POW in HSU Tribunal Statement: From Women PP's and POW in HSU
Authors: Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, Alejandrina TorresYear: 1987Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Statement given at People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units
Transcript of The People's Tribunal to Expose the Crimes of the Control Units Transcript of The People's Tribunal to Expose the Crimes of the Control Units
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Transcript includes: Preface; Introduction; Opening Remarks; The Indictment; the Families; The Activists; The Attorneys; The Sponsoring Organizations; The Justices; Resources.
Who is Morton Sobell? Who is Morton Sobell?
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising 10/22/1987 brunch with Morton Sobell as speaker
Window on Oppression Window on Oppression
Year: 1987Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of clipping on major points of Steve Whitman's piece, "The Crime of Black Imprisonment". 7/6/1987