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

Bolivia: Drug War Bolivia: Drug War
Date: 8/25/1989Call Number: JG/ 033AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
ACLA (Atlantic Committee on Latin America) show. Covers Bolivia following the murder of 2 Mormon missionaries the crackdown on left wing guerilla organizations and the US War on Drugs , FBI involvement and $11 million for War on Drugs in 1989. Uruguay from a article in the "Guardian" on massive unemployment, the exodus of youth and youth withdrawal from activism. El Salvador on the ARENA party and Salvadorian refugees in the US and the repression they face when trying to organize against right wing ARENA. Vieques: 4 month stand off between Puerto Rican residents and the US Navy, history of resistance on Vieques and the living/environmental conditions.
CEML Conference Workshop #2: The War on Drugs and the Attack on Third World Communities CEML Conference Workshop #2: The War on Drugs and the Attack on Third World Communities
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: V 619Format: VHSProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
CEML Moderator Nancy Kurshan, presenter Professor Robert Starks. Panelists explore the historical roots of the war on drugs in an international context. Funding, technology and policy have all been used by criminal justice system and the war on drugs to expand attacks on Third World communities in a variety of spaces. Q and A follows presentations.
Dear Friend: An Update on Eddie Hatcher Dear Friend: An Update on Eddie Hatcher
Author: Thelma ClarkDate: 8/10/1989Volume Number: 10-AugFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Eddie Hatcher
Letter urging supporters of Eddie Hatcher to write to NC authorities to improve his treatment in prison.
Letters of Support for Eddie Hatcher Letters of Support for Eddie Hatcher
Year: 1989Format: CompilationCollection: Eddie Hatcher
Letters from Ron Dellums (US Congress-California), Willie Brown (California Legislature) and John Burton (California Legislature) in protest of Eddie Hatcher's proposed extradition to Robeson County, NC.
Bottomfish Blues: A Voice for the Amazon Nation Bottomfish Blues: A Voice for the Amazon Nation
Year: 1989Volume Number: No. 4 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Lords & Warlords of Central Park; The Red, White and Blue of Black Anti-Semitism; more.
Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison
Author: Dave NeesePublisher: The TrentonianDate: 8/6/1989Volume Number: 6-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
Reproduction of original article.