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

Political Prisoner Report Political Prisoner Report
Date: 11/8/1975Call Number: PM 034Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Repeat of some of actuality/narrative on PM 033 of Doc Holiday; then Mark Schwartz with Angela Davis on Ruchell Magee case, reasons for lack of coverage of Magee case, movement to free political prisoners, divisive ideas perpetrated by press, several questioners, rather hostile back & forth--"I didn’t think I would be cross-examined.”
Political Prisoner Report Political Prisoner Report
Date: 11/8/1975Call Number: CD 438Format: CDProducers: Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Angela Davis on Ruchell Magee case, reasons for lack of coverage of Magee case, movement to free political prisoners, divisive ideas perpetrated by press, several questioners, rather hostile back & forth--”I didn’t think I would be cross-examined.” Q: … the significance of the Ruchell Magee case? AD: …"highlights the use of prisons as an oppressive tool./ Ruchell must be set free. Q: …little media coverage of Magee case versus your trial? AD: "collusion of the press with the government/ not in the interest of the government/ lack of organized movement/ it was a victory in my case there will be victories in many others to come. Q; … difference in class between you and Ruchell? "People seem to feel that Ruchell's spent his life in prison and Angela has spent her life in schools." Q:… why no active role in Ruchell's case? AD; "I have continued to work for the freedom of Ruchell." / "I have spoken…" "the only reason I am on the streets today… that same kind of movement can help free Ruchell." 21:57