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

Statement of Facts Statement of Facts
Publisher: Norma Jean Croy Defense CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Norma Jean Croy
A narrative of the events surrounding the arrest of Norma Jean and Patrick "Hooty" Croy
Woman of the Year - Norma Jean Croy Woman of the Year - Norma Jean Croy
Publisher: Out of TimeYear: 1992Volume Number: Issue 13 MarchFormat: PamphletCollection: Norma Jean Croy
Pamphlet distributed by the Out of Control- Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners detailing the herstory of Norma Jean Croy and Norma's current situation.
Lifelong Hunt for Justice Lifelong Hunt for Justice
Author: Joan SmithPublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 6/23/1991Volume Number: 23-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: Norma Jean Croy
Article about case of Norma Jean Croy
SDS Educational Packet- What We Want What We Believe SDS Educational Packet- What We Want What We Believe
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Black Panther Party Platform and Program
Letter from Neelam Sharma to Bolerium Books on Intercommunal News Service distribution Letter from Neelam Sharma to Bolerium Books on Intercommunal News Service distribution
Author: Neelam SharmaPublisher: New Panther Vanguard MovementYear: 2001Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service
Publisher: New Panther Vanguard MovementYear: 2000Volume Number: Vol. 1-7 AutumnFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Modern Globalism is Reactionary Intercommunalism; The Death Penalty: Civilized Lynching
Commemorator Commemorator
Publisher: Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther PartyYear: 2003Volume Number: Vol. 13-1 JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Commemorator
Cover Story: Bobby Hutton Literacy Program: Let's Keep the Record Straight; Headstone to Honor Li'l Bobby Hutton: CCBPP projects placement to occur early 2003
The Black Man and Self-Defense The Black Man and Self-Defense
Author: Robert F. WilliamsYear: 1962Format: ExcerptCollection: Republic of New Afrika
Chapter taken from Negroes with Guns.
The Story of Dessie Woods The Story of Dessie Woods
Publisher: National Committee to Defend Dessie WoodsYear: 1977Format: MonographCollection: Dessie Woods
"A Close-Up Look at Justice in the 'New South'"
Night of Solidarity Night of Solidarity
Publisher: Dessie Woods Solidarity CommitteeDate: 10/6/1978Volume Number: 6-OctFormat: StatementCollection: Dessie Woods
Statement from the Dessie Woods Support Coalition