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

Roots of Resistance - Raw MP3 Files Roots of Resistance - Raw MP3 Files
Date: 10/6/2003Call Number: M 076Format: MP3 CDProducers: Freedom archivesCollection: Master recordings
Audio Files from Roots of Resistance CD
EF! v. FBI LOG EF! v. FBI LOG
Date: 2/14/2003Call Number: JB 136Format: CDProducers: Bernandine MellisCollection: Materials shot and collected in the making of The Forest for the Trees
Backup copy of Bernadine Mellis' film, "The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari v. the FBI
EF! v. FBI Backup EF! v. FBI Backup
Date: 4/17/2003Call Number: JB 137Format: CDProducers: Bernandine MellisCollection: Materials shot and collected in the making of The Forest for the Trees
Backup copy of Bernadine Mellis' film, "The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari v. the FBI
Snitch Protocol Snitch Protocol
Publisher: No CompromiseYear: 2003Volume Number: Issue #21 SummerFormat: ArticleCollection: Grand Jury
Snitches continue to be an unnecessary liability to the animal liberation movement. Such behavior cannot be tolerated within a movement that seeks to fulfill liberation. The following serves as the official statement of No Compromise in regards to snitches within the animal liberation movement.
Prison Focus Prison Focus
Publisher: California Prison FocusYear: 2003Volume Number: No. 17 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Focus
Cover Story- U.S. Civil Liberties Update 2003
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Publisher: The Documentary Institute - University of FloridaDate: 11/4/2003Volume Number: 4-NovFormat: ProgramCollection: Robert F. Williams!
Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersDate: 10/12/2003Volume Number: 12-OctFormat: EphemeraCollection: Violence Against Women
Program of the day's events and speakers
The Bell Curve Conspiracy "A Recipe for New Afrikan Genocide" The Bell Curve Conspiracy "A Recipe for New Afrikan Genocide"
Authors: Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Abasi Ganda and Kamau M. AskariYear: 2003Format: MonographCollection: New Afrika
Prison Focus Prison Focus
Publisher: California Prison FocusYear: 2003Volume Number: No. 18 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Focus
Cover Story- Imprisoned Writers
Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersDate: 10/12/2003Volume Number: 12-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Violence Against Women
Compilation of conference papers