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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Statement of Eve Rosahn Statement of Eve Rosahn
Author: Eve RosahnPublisher: Coaltion to Defend the October 20th Freedom FightersDate: 2/25/1982Volume Number: 25-FebFormat: StatementCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Statements from National Conference Against Repression and Fascism Denver Statements from National Conference Against Repression and Fascism Denver
Authors: Eve Rosahn, Alan BerkmanPublisher: Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom FightersDate: 5/28/1982Volume Number: May 28-30Format: StatementCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Stop the Grand Jury! Resist Come to Court! Stop the Grand Jury! Resist Come to Court!
Publisher: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom FightersYear: 1982Format: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
The Coming of the Troops The Coming of the Troops
Publisher: National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and ResearchYear: 1982Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
Arm the Spirit Arm the Spirit
Publisher: Haight - Ashbury Arts WorkshopYear: 1982Volume Number: No. 14 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prison Newspapers
Articles include: Support New African Freedom Fighters; The Necessity of Armed Fighters; From Sekou Odinga- New Afrikan Prisoner of War
Prisoners Union Journal Proposal 1981-1982 Prisoners Union Journal Proposal 1981-1982
Publisher: Prisoners UnionYear: 1982Format: ProposalCollection: Prisoners Union
Includes: Definition and Purpose; Sentencing Laws; Civil and Human Rights; Prisoners' Work in Prisons; Visiting Prisoners and Return to Society; Prisoners Union Journal; Budget; Exhibit A
Communiqu Communiqu
Publisher: BLA Coordinating CommitteeDate: 8/21/1982Volume Number: 21-AugFormat: CommuniqueCollection: BLA
New Afrikan Freedom Fighter Day- August 21, 1982.
In Defense of the Right to Political Secession for the Afro-American Nation: Papers and Resolutions from the School on the Afro-American National Question In Defense of the Right to Political Secession for the Afro-American Nation: Papers and Resolutions from the School on the Afro-American National Question
Publisher: Revolutionary Political Organization; Marxist Leninist; Amilcar Cabral/Paul Robeson CollectiveYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Ushewokunze Speaks on Prospects and Problems on Socialist Development in Zimbabwe Ushewokunze Speaks on Prospects and Problems on Socialist Development in Zimbabwe
Author: Herbert UshewokunzePublisher: Department of Information ZANUDate: 8/3/1982Volume Number: 3-AugFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Zimbabwe
Text of a speech by Minister of Home Affairs Herbert Ushewankunze on prospects and problems of socialist development in Zimbabwe made to the Political Science Students Association at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare.
Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Press Statement Anti-Springbok 5 Defense Committee Press Statement
Publisher: The Anti-Springbok-5 Defense CommitteeDate: 3/19/1982Volume Number: 19-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: South Africa