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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.
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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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Interview at Alternative House Interview at Alternative House
Date: 9/14/1971Call Number: PM 111Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Interview with various individuals at “Alternative House” about cycles of violence and repression in prisons. Talk about the increase in abuse after murder of George Jackson, Attica, etc. The more the inside is controlled, the more people will take to the streets. The prison movement is similar to the movement around the world of oppressed people - understanding colonialism in various contexts. Only psychologically sick people can cage and abuse people, which makes revolution that much more possible. It is oppression that makes the revolutionary realize that he is not receiving what any human needs to survive and live with dignity. Distinction between oppression related to mentality vs. material things. Blatant atrocities that are evident within the prison system as well as in the Third World. Cause of prisoners is a just cause - even for those who lack humanity because of the overwhelming cost of housing a prisoner.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 5/26/1971Call Number: RD 002Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News reports of May 26, 1971 march on Washington of over 15,000 to protest against President Richard Nixon and voice outrage over his administration's racist actions toward South Africa. The day is called African Liberation day.
What "Secure Boundaries" Really Meant to Zionist Leaders Ever Since 1897: - Lebensraum For the Wholly Transplanted, Ingathered and Newly Created "Jewish" Nation in a "Greater Eretz Israel" Empire. What "Secure Boundaries" Really Meant to Zionist Leaders Ever Since 1897: - Lebensraum For the Wholly Transplanted, Ingathered and Newly Created "Jewish" Nation in a "Greater Eretz Israel" Empire.
Author: Moshe MehuhinDate: 2/1971Volume Number: februaryFormat: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
Israeli Policy Since 1967 Israeli Policy Since 1967
Author: Sir John RichmondPublisher: Council of the Advancement of Arab-British UnderstandingDate: 5/27/1971Volume Number: 27-MayFormat: TranscriptCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Text of an address given by Sir John Richmond to a Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding monthly meeting
Message to the Afro-American People from the Peoples Republic of the Congo Message to the Afro-American People from the Peoples Republic of the Congo
Date: 5/1971Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Black Liberation Army Delegation to the Peoples Republic of the Congo
Iran: On the Necessity of Armed Struggle and Refutation of the Theory of Survival Iran: On the Necessity of Armed Struggle and Refutation of the Theory of Survival
Author: A.P. PouyanPublisher: Organization of the Iranian People's Fedai GuerillasDate: 6/20/1971Volume Number: 20-JunFormat: PamphletCollection: Revolutionary Movements and History
On Armed Struggle in Iran