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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Minutes of Freedom now National Steering Committee Meeting July 22, 1989 Minutes of Freedom now National Steering Committee Meeting July 22, 1989
Publisher: Freedom Now!Year: 1989Format: Meeting Minutes and NotesCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction. Includes outline for complaint to be presented to tribunal; Draft of letter asking for financial support for tribunal
Movement Support Network News Movement Support Network News
Publisher: Center for Constitutional Rights; National Lawyer's GuildYear: 1989Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
The Outside Agitator The Outside Agitator
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington women's Control UnitYear: 1989Volume Number: March/No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
Memo to Richard Harvey, Johnathan Lubell, Chokwe Lumumba, Margaret Burnyham, Lennox Hinds, Debra Jackson Memo to Richard Harvey, Johnathan Lubell, Chokwe Lumumba, Margaret Burnyham, Lennox Hinds, Debra Jackson
Authors: Adjoa Aiyetoro, Joan Gibbs, Gloria WeinbergPublisher: Freedom Now!Year: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now FN - Tribunal
Reproduced by the Center for Constitutional Rights
Resistance Conspiracy Case: Update from washington, DC Resistance Conspiracy Case: Update from washington, DC
Date: 4/1989Volume Number: AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Graphics
Letter to "Compañeros"; Filibuster Resignation with Agenda Letter to "Compañeros"; Filibuster Resignation with Agenda
Publisher: Human Rights CampaignYear: 1989Collection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Reproduction
Letter to Coordinating Body Members Letter to Coordinating Body Members
Author: Shelley MillerPublisher: Administration/FinanceYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Re: February 11, 1989, CB Meeting
Letter to Human Rights Campaign Activities Board Letter to Human Rights Campaign Activities Board
Author: Vicki LegionPublisher: Administration Finance CommissionYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Re: Your Suggestions for Names of People who would Serve on the Campaign's Advisory
The Insurgent The Insurgent
Publisher: Committee to Fight RepressionYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. 5-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Insurgent