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

The Poets of the Revolution: Los Calchakis The Poets of the Revolution: Los Calchakis
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 070Format: VinylProducers: ArionCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This albums is a collection of South American songs which pertain to revolution, liberation, and the reality of struggle and hardships of the continent's people. Los Calchakis comprised songs of protest, among which some speak of the problems and everyday difficulties of life and others of a specific political involvement. Some songs are world famous while others are only locally known.
Africa in Revolutionary Music: various artists Africa in Revolutionary Music: various artists
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 087Format: VinylProducers: LSM RecordsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This album is a collection of African revolutionary and traditional songs. The purpose of these songs are to educate, commemorating significant events, spreading new ideas and ideals of revolution. Countries represented in this album include Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and even Afro-Brazilian street music.
The Bundstag vs. the Terrorists The Bundstag vs. the Terrorists
Author: William M. KunstlerPublisher: NationYear: 1975Format: ArticleCollection: Torture
Reproduction
Anvil Anvil
Publisher: United Prisoners UnionYear: 1975Volume Number: March-AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Articles include: History of U.P.U, Expose the Prison Cover-Up, Legal Page, Women in Struggle, Marilyn Buck: 2 years later, From the Inside.
Anvil Anvil
Publisher: United Prisoners UnionDate: 9/1975Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Feature story: Peoples Response to Popeyes Murder.
Women’s Poetry Women’s Poetry
Date: 3/1/1975Call Number: CD 861Format: CDProducers: WUOProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Women’s poetry written and read by women of the Weather Underground for International Women’s Day and commemorating the Townhouse explosion in 1970. Voices of Bernardine Dohrn, Cathy Wilkerson & Kathy Boudin. Poems from Sing a Battle Song especially one for Assata Shakur
Critique of the Black Nation Thesis Critique of the Black Nation Thesis
Author: Harry ChangPublisher: Racism research ProjectYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: New Afrika
Table of Contents: Preface, Some Conceptual Clarifications, Common Territory, Common Economic Life, Black Nationalism, Concluding Remarks.
The George Jackson Tribunal The George Jackson Tribunal
Author: Emmitt Chaka MurrellDate: 10/11/1975Volume Number: October 11-12Format: MonographCollection: George Jackson
Eldridge Cleaver Speaks Eldridge Cleaver Speaks
Publisher: The People UnitedYear: 1975Volume Number: Number 16, AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cleaver, Eldridge
Vita E Morte Delle Pantere Nere Vita E Morte Delle Pantere Nere
Author: Franco NenciniPublisher: Storia IllustrataYear: 1975Volume Number: N. 211 GiugnoFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
In Italian