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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Maoism and the Black Panther Party Maoism and the Black Panther Party
Publisher: Moaist Internationalist MovementYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
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
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
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
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;
Former Black Panthers Plead for Geronimo Pratt Former Black Panthers Plead for Geronimo Pratt
Author: Bill SnyderPublisher: Oakland TribuneDate: 1/3/1992Volume Number: 3-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Former Panthers Speak Out for Pratt Former Panthers Speak Out for Pratt
Author: Larry HatfieldPublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 1/1/1992Volume Number: 1-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Ex Black Panther Leaders Gather Ex Black Panther Leaders Gather
Publisher: LA TimesDate: 1/4/1992Volume Number: 4-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Spirit of Crazy Horse: Newsletter of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Spirit of Crazy Horse: Newsletter of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Publisher: Leonard Peltier Defennse Committee (International Office)Year: 1992Volume Number: February-MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Leonard Peltier
Wounded Knee Means Resistance
Puerto Rico: The Cost of Colonialism Puerto Rico: The Cost of Colonialism
Publisher: Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin America and the CaribbeanYear: 1992Format: ReportCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
A report from the interfaith organization, the Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force, detailing the harmful effects of colonization and militarization in Puerto Rico and attempting to inspire others to act against injustice in Puerto Rico.