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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The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther Newspaper CommitteeYear: 1995Volume Number: Vol. 4-1 New World Order WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: New World Order. Also Inside: The New World Order=Neo-Fascism; Death Penalty- Reality Check Time; The Black Codes Revisited- True Crime in Amerikkka; John Hendrik Clarke- Black PP/POWs; South Africa at the Crossroads?; The Art of Self-Defense; more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 2/2014Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: The Black Panther Party 47th Anniversary Honoring Our Political Prisoners
Commemorator Commemorator
Publisher: Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther PartyYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Commemorator
Cover Story: Just Say No! Just Say No to the Mid-East Mess
Commemorator Commemorator
Publisher: Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther PartyYear: 2004Volume Number: Vol. 14-1 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Commemorator
Cover Story: Economic Crisis Brings Increased Repression; CCBPP Commemorates 37 years of Black Panther Struggle
The Black Panther Party: Its Origin and Development as Reflected in its Official Weekly Newspaper The Black Panther Community News Service The Black Panther Party: Its Origin and Development as Reflected in its Official Weekly Newspaper The Black Panther Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 10/2011Volume Number: OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Special Commemorative Issue. Cover Story: 45th Anniversary: International Solidarity
The Black Panther Party: Its Origin and Development as Reflected in its Official Weekly Newspaper The Black Panther Community News Service The Black Panther Party: Its Origin and Development as Reflected in its Official Weekly Newspaper The Black Panther Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 Fall For Jon and GeorgeFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: In Celebration of the Spirit of Afrikan Resistance
The Black Panther Party: Its Origin and Development as Reflected in its Official Weekly Newspaper The Black Panther Community News Service The Black Panther Party: Its Origin and Development as Reflected in its Official Weekly Newspaper The Black Panther Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 9-21 March 10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Parents Protest Nixon's Child Care Cuts
"Justice" amerikkkan style in the DESSIE WOODS CASE "Justice" amerikkkan style in the DESSIE WOODS CASE
Publisher: Bay Area Dessie Woods Support CoalitionDate: 2/1978Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: MonographCollection: Dessie Woods
Defense lawyers on behalf of Dessie Woods have filed a writ of habeas corpus with the middle District Federal Court in Macon, GA. The writ of habeas corpus documents that many state and federal violations of Dessie Woods' rights, and asks the court to show cause as to why in light of these violations, Dessie Woods is still being held in prison. The writ is reprinted here in its entirety.
Armed Struggle Natural Response to Fascist Rule Armed Struggle Natural Response to Fascist Rule
Author: Martin SostrePublisher: Berkeley BarbDate: 5/3/1974Volume Number: 3-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article featured in the Berkeley Barb suggests that the SLA's response to fascism with armed struggle is a step in the right direction for leftist movements. The article lumps all those from the Left who denounce the SLA with the ruling class. Sostre argues for more to take up arms in revolution against the U.S. fascist rule.