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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NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-8 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Documents of Struggle: Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Colombia
Verdicto Del Tribunal Internacional de Los Pueblos Indigenas Y Naciones Oprimidas en Los EEUU Verdicto Del Tribunal Internacional de Los Pueblos Indigenas Y Naciones Oprimidas en Los EEUU
Date: 11/24/1992Volume Number: 24-NovFormat: MonographCollection: 1992 Tribunal
Verdict of the 1992 Tribunal- Spanish
Stop the Sexual and Psychological Torture of Women Political Prisoners and POWs Stop the Sexual and Psychological Torture of Women Political Prisoners and POWs
Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceFormat: PamphletCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Connecting the imprisonment of political prisoners in Lexington to repression of the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle.
Principles of Unity Principles of Unity
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationFormat: MonographCollection: May 19th Communist Organization
What we Believe and What we Do
Angel Rodriguez Cristobal Commando communique Angel Rodriguez Cristobal Commando communique
Publisher: FALNDate: 12/31/1982Volume Number: December 31Format: CommuniqueCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Communique taking responsibility for coordinated attacks against US agencies of repression.
Libertad Libertad
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-VII JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: Message from the MLN; Guillermo Morales- Puerto Rican Patriot & Hero; Message for the July 3rd Lexington Control Unit Mobilization and Protest; Independence Leaders Comment on William and Alejandrina; Message from Alejandrina Torres and Silvia Baraldini for the July 3rd Demonstration at Lexington Control Unit; All Out to the United Nations.
Libertad Libertad
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-II FebruaryCollection: Libertad
Contents: Los Companeros Dora Garcia and Jaime Delgado; BOP Henchmen Crack-down on Control Unit- Companeras Take Unified Stand; Was the American War of Independence a Great Social Revolution; 1898- The War After the War; Despite Unstable Conditions Revolutionary Spirits High at Pleasanton.
Libertad Libertad
Year: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-I JanuaryCollection: Libertad
Contents: Justice Denied- Jaime, Dora, Oscar, Kojo Guilty of Conspiracy; Victory of Art Censorship; US Efforts to Mount Extradite POW Morales; Latin American Jurists Condemn US Colonization of Puerto Rico- An Interview with Michael Deutsch; Pressure Intensifies to Close Lexington Control Unit; To the Horticulturalist- Dedicated to the Memory of Juan Antonio Corretjer.
Women in the Colonial Society: Massive Sterilization Women in the Colonial Society: Massive Sterilization
Author: Margarita MergalFormat: ExcerptCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
This excerpt is about massive sterilization and the myth of overpopulation. Includes information on sterilization as part of the the colonial project in Puerto Rico.
FALN Communique 2-28-1982 FALN Communique 2-28-1982
Publisher: FALNVolume Number: February 28Format: CommuniqueCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Communique claiming responsibility for the bombings on Wall Street on Sunday February 28, 1982.