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

American Steel Jobs and South Africa American Steel Jobs and South Africa
Authors: Carole Collins, Kevin Danaher, Frank Mont, Melissa Pullins, Jean Sindab, Kenneth ZinnPublisher: United Steelworkers of America and the Washington Office on Africa Educational FundDate: 9/1984Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
"How U.S. support for South Africa affects your community
Memorial to a Freedom Fighter, Pokela: Leader of the P.A.C. 1922-1985 Memorial to a Freedom Fighter, Pokela: Leader of the P.A.C. 1922-1985
Publisher: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaDate: 8/4/1985Volume Number: 4-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Memorial ceremony
Communique #8: Bombing of IBM Offices, N.Y. Communique #8: Bombing of IBM Offices, N.Y.
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 3/19/1984Volume Number: 19-MarFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
UFF takes responsibility for bombing IBM at 3000 Westchester Ave. in a northern suburb of NYC because of IBM's collaboration with South African government
A Call to Action A Call to Action
Publisher: Bay Area Free South Africa MovementDate: 3/8/1985Volume Number: 8-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
On International Women's Day, a ceremonial passbook burning and film "You Have Struck A Rock"
I. The Heart of Whiteness I. The Heart of Whiteness
Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Article about American racism, colonialism
You Have Touched the Women, You Have Struck a Rock You Have Touched the Women, You Have Struck a Rock
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismFormat: MonographCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
One-page publication explaining South African women's struggles
Azania Rising Down with South Africa! Azania Rising Down with South Africa!
Publisher: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Flyer for event with I-Sizwe Choir and relevent speakers.
One Azania, One Nation, One People! Speeches and Documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress One Azania, One Nation, One People! Speeches and Documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress
Publisher: P.A.C.Collection: South Africa
The P.A.C. Case (Mangaliso Sobukwe); The Manifesto of the P.A.C. (adopted in 1959); Twilight Time for Apartheid-Colonialism (Potlako K. Leballo); From Sharpeville to Soweto (David Maphumzana Sibeko); Tambos ANC Prefers Colonial and Racist Name to Azania (David Dube).
Solidarity with Black Liberation from Soweto to San Quentin Solidarity with Black Liberation from Soweto to San Quentin
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Sections on Soweto to San Quentin: National Liberation Leads World Revolution; Neo-Colonialism: Buy-off, Rip-off and Kill-off; Apartheid: Made in the USA; Women's Liberation and International Solidarity