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

Malcolm X Study Guide Malcolm X Study Guide
Publisher: Malcolm X Conference Office, Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeDate: 11/1990Volume Number: NovemberFormat: MonographCollection: Malcolm X
Study Guide of Malcolm X's life and politics
X Generation X Generation
Author: Clayborne CarsonPublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 2/19/1995Volume Number: 19-FebFormat: ArticleCollection: Malcolm X
Article in San Francisco Examiner Magazine re: the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X marking the end of a common dream
Malcolm X Malcolm X
Format: FlyerCollection: Malcolm X
Flyer for film showing sponsored by John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, focusing on fight against white supremacy and for national liberation of Black people in U.S.
Picture This Picture This
Author: Hilton AlsPublisher: VoiceDate: 11/10/1992Volume Number: 10-NovFormat: ArticleCollection: Malcolm X
On the set, the street, and at dinner with "X" director Spike Lee
Black News Black News
Publisher: OYO Enterprises, Inc.Year: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 4-10 October-NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Issue focuses on Black Women
Black News Black News
Publisher: OYO Enterprises, Inc.Year: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 4-11 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
"Assata Liberated" - Assata's Black Solidarity Day Statement, Message from BLA, Karenga-KWANZAA, Foundations of Christianity, South African playwright Selaelo Maredo, Black United Front Statement onf Iran, Aminata Moseka/Abbey Lincoln, Case of the Virgin Island 5, Blacks and U.S. Mideast Policy
Black News Black News
Publisher: OYO Enterprises, Inc.Year: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 4-7 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Interview with Kangai, Nigeria, South Afrika, Black Women Under Apartheid, Interview with Robert Williams, karenga on Wallace's Macho Man, POW Forum, Nestle Boycott, OAU Council of Ministers, PAC Calls Congressional hearing
Kill the Kids First: The Coming of Black Genocide Kill the Kids First: The Coming of Black Genocide
Publisher: Bottomfish Blues: A Voice for the Amazon NationYear: 1987Volume Number: No. 3 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Issue focuses on many forms of genocide against Black people in the U.S.
Black Liberation Army Communique Black Liberation Army Communique
Publisher: Black Liberation ArmyDate: 11/5/1981Volume Number: 5-NovFormat: CommuniqueCollection: BLA
"On the Strategic Alliance of the Armed Military Forces of the Revolutionary Nationalist and Anti-Imperialist Movement