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

American Indian Prisoners In The U.S American Indian Prisoners In The U.S
Publisher: International Indian Treaty CouncilDate: 3/1978Volume Number: MarchFormat: MonographCollection: Native Prisoners
The struggle of Native people in United States, Native poltiical prisoners, and their brutal conditions in prisons.
The Motherload with Ricardo Romero and Lolita Lebron The Motherload with Ricardo Romero and Lolita Lebron
Date: 5/6/1978Call Number: PM 142Format: CassetteProducers: Joan Townsend, Judy Gerber, Lori SimsProgram: The MotherloadCollection: Puerto Rico
A music-filled interview with Ricardo Romero and Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron. A commemoration to to Nationalist prisoners and an account of the isolation of prison and the torturous living conditions therein.
Propositions and Death Penalty Propositions and Death Penalty
Date: 11/4/1978Call Number: FI 105Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Proposition 6, anti-gay; Proposition 7, expands death penalty; case of the Wilmington 10. Joe Wright one of the 10 speaks about the death penalty case of Johnny Imani Harris in Alabama.
The Fuse The Fuse
Publisher: Spear and Shield - New Afrikan Prisoners OrganizationYear: 1978Volume Number: No. 8 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: New Afrikan Prisoners Organization
Formerly Stateville Raps
Has Kristina Berster Been Tried and Convicted by a Prejudiced Press? Has Kristina Berster Been Tried and Convicted by a Prejudiced Press?
Author: Greg GumaPublisher: Vermont Vanguard PressDate: 10/1/1978Volume Number: 1-OctFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article is about Kristina Berster, a woman from West Germany who was charged with being part of a terrorist group. Greg Guma argues that her arrest suggest the United States turning into a police state by having false accusations against Berster.
Judgement: An Open Letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell Judgement: An Open Letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell
Publisher: Alderson Hospitality HouseYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 2-2 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Mental Health
An Open Letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell from Milton G. Rector President on Crime and Delinquency is the featured article.
Women in Prison: How We Are Women in Prison: How We Are
Author: Assata ShakurPublisher: The Black ScholarDate: 4/1978Volume Number: AprilFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
Reproduction of original article.
Attica: Then and Now Attica: Then and Now
Publisher: Attica Committee to Free DacajeweiahYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Attica
Monograph focusing on the Attica Prison Rebellion, its causes, the aftermath and the campaign to free Dacajeweiah. Contents include: Introduction; Prisons: Who Goes and Why?; The Movement Grows; The Uprising; The Prosecution; Who is Dacajeweiah; What is Being Done; Epilogue.