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

Pass Book Pass Book
Publisher: Bay Area Free South Africa MovementFormat: EphemeraCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Replica of South African pass book which explains apartheid and bay area movements against
Azania Will Be Free! Down with South Africa! Azania Will Be Free! Down with South Africa!
Publisher: Pan Africanist Congress, Prairie Fire Organizing Committee, Freedom Rising! Arica Solidarity CommitteeVolume Number: 13-AprFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Event to celebrate 25th anniversary of Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, part of national tour of John Nyati Pokela, with African Dance of Kusema Vijiti Institute
Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity Committee Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity Committee
Format: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Call to demonstrate against South African Airways
Sinning in Sun City Sinning in Sun City
Authors: Ed Bullins and Selaelo MarediPublisher: The Julian TheatreFormat: EphemeraCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Program for musical about Sun City, South Africa
Come to South Africa Where You Can Expect the Unexpected Come to South Africa Where You Can Expect the Unexpected
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down South African AirwaysFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling to support to build the campaign against South African Airways
Boycott The Gods Must Be Crazy Boycott The Gods Must Be Crazy
Publisher: Art Against ApartheidFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for picketing of film at UA Theater in Berkeley and Vogue Theater in San Francisco
Crossroads/Berkeley Crossroads/Berkeley
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Re: cops attacking Berkeley "shantytown"
You Have Touched the Women, You Have Struck a Rock You Have Touched the Women, You Have Struck a Rock
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismFormat: MonographCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
One-page publication explaining South African women's struggles