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

Carolyn Baxter performs “Truthful” Carolyn Baxter performs “Truthful”
Date: 7/4/2003Call Number: WP 014Format: CDProducers: Carolyn BaxterCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carolyn Baxter, writer, musician, actor and former prisoner with Marilyn Buck at Alderson Federal Prison sings and plays “Truthful” about the exploitation of young women in the ghetto.
Enough is Enough - The Story of All of Us or None Enough is Enough - The Story of All of Us or None
Date: 1/1/2003Call Number: V 473Format: VHSProducers: Eve GoldbergCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Recounts the beginning of the national organizing initiative by and for former prisoners and their families. Fights and organizes against discrimination that prisoners experience as a result of their felony convictions - including lifetime welfare bans, restricted voting rights, denial of financial aid, and employment.
Enough is Enough - The Story of All of Us or None Enough is Enough - The Story of All of Us or None
Date: 1/1/2003Call Number: V 474Format: VHSProducers: Eve GoldbergCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Recounts the beginning of the national organizing initiative by and for former prisoners and their families. Fights and organizes against discrimination that prisoners experience as a result of their felony convictions - including lifetime welfare bans, restricted voting rights, denial of financial aid, and employment.
Images of Charisse Shumate Images of Charisse Shumate
Date: 12/3/2003Call Number: SHU 003Format: CDCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Charisse Shumate: Fighting for our Lives”
Photographs with Charisse with her family and friends. Photoshop.
Women Prisoner's Project Women Prisoner's Project
Date: 12/3/2003Call Number: SHU 050Format: DV CamCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Charisse Shumate: Fighting for our Lives”
Demonstration for Women Prisoners.
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
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
Message of Condolences on the Transition of Our Revolutionary Sista, Comrade and Friend Safiya Bukhari Message of Condolences on the Transition of Our Revolutionary Sista, Comrade and Friend Safiya Bukhari
Author: Assata ShakurDate: 8/29/2003Volume Number: 29-AugFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
statement of condolence from Assata
Assata Shakur- The Interview Assata Shakur- The Interview
Publisher: Pan-African News WireDate: 5/2/2003Volume Number: 2-MayFormat: TranscriptCollection: Assata Shakur
Reproduction of Interview from 2003.