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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.
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.

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Y los Presos Politicos Puertorriquenos Y los Presos Politicos Puertorriquenos
Author: Eduardo Villanueva MunozPublisher: ClaridadYear: 1997Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
For Puerto Rico - the possibility of transforming the colonial regime resembles the image of Sisyphus pushing the stone up the mountain. About tsupport for the political prisoners.
Tras Las Rejas - Behind bars: pardon for Puerto Rican independentistas Tras Las Rejas - Behind bars: pardon for Puerto Rican independentistas
Author: Ana MendietaPublisher: Exito - ChicagoYear: 1997Volume Number: V 5, No 38Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article about the campaign to free the Puerto Rican political prisoners
Land of the Free?: Puerto Rican Political Prisoners in the U.S>A. Land of the Free?: Puerto Rican Political Prisoners in the U.S>A.
Authors: Maria Teresa Fernandez, Erican GonzalezPublisher: Urban Latino magazineYear: 1997Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article on Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Including the FALN 11. Spanish translation provided.
Demand grows to release Puerto Rican Prisoners Demand grows to release Puerto Rican Prisoners
Author: Daniel VilaPublisher: People's Weekly WorldYear: 1997Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article on campaign to press Bill Clinton for executive pardon of 15 Puerto Rican political Prisoners
Proclaim Release!: A Call to Conscience and Action for the Release of Puerto Rican Political Prisoners Proclaim Release!: A Call to Conscience and Action for the Release of Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
Publisher: Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience ProjectYear: 1997Format: MonographCollection: Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience
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