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.

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Free to Protest: Dissent, Prophetic Ministry and the Bill of Rights Free to Protest: Dissent, Prophetic Ministry and the Bill of Rights
Publisher: Task Force on Political Repression; The Task force on Political RepressionDate: 8/1985Volume Number: AugustFormat: PamphletCollection: Grand Jury
The hand of repression, political repression has a history, the new repression, legislative and executive acts, the grand jury, the conduct of prosecutors and agents, the Bill of Rights, If the FBI Visits, Taking Action, resources.
Letter to Brothers and Sisters in Struggle [with enclosures] Letter to Brothers and Sisters in Struggle [with enclosures]
Publisher: Black Panther Newspaper CommitteeYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Announcement for the Black Panther, Black Community News Service: Memorial Issue. Includes explanation of purpose and front page of issue.
Commemorator Commemorator
Publisher: Commemoration Committee for The Black Panther PartyYear: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 1-2 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Commemorator
Cover Story: Gang of Violent Criminals Who Terrorized America's Ghettos and Assulted Law Enforcement Agencies- EX radical Horowitz
Prisoners Union: Convicts, Ex-convicts, and Concerned Individuals Fighting to Promote and Uphold the Rights and Welfare of California Prisoners Prisoners Union: Convicts, Ex-convicts, and Concerned Individuals Fighting to Promote and Uphold the Rights and Welfare of California Prisoners
Publisher: Prisoners UnionFormat: PamphletCollection: Prisoners Union
Pamphlet with general information on the Union and subscription information to the Prisoners Union Journal
The California Prisoner The California Prisoner
Publisher: Prisoners Rights UnionYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 19-2 JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prisoners Union
20th anniversary issue: Resource Guide updates; Prisoners Rights Union (A 20 Year Struggle)- Reflections on working with the union; A history of jail suits; Speaking frankly about AIDS; Freedom near for Patrick Hooty Croy.
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
Martin Luther King Jr. "Something is happening in our world" Martin Luther King Jr. "Something is happening in our world"
Collection: Martin Luther King Jr.
Excerpt from "I've been to the Mountaintop" speech. This speech was given April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee shortly before Rev. King was assassinated.
Paul Robeson Speaks at Marine Cooks & Stewards Union Paul Robeson Speaks at Marine Cooks & Stewards Union
Collection: Paul Robeson recordings
Sample of Paul Robeson, the great African-American Singer and activist, in a rare recording, takes from a speech to a union gathering in San Francisco.
Geronimo Ji Jaga from Cointelpro 101 Geronimo Ji Jaga from Cointelpro 101
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Cointelpro
Interviews with Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt, Catherine Campbell and others on the Federal Government's targeting of Pratt for his involvement with he Black Panther Party.
Maria Poblet Reads (movement poem) Maria Poblet Reads (movement poem)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Poem on resistance read by the author. Maria Poblet queer Latina poet and tenant organizer. As artistic director for Poetry for the People, Maria taught a poetry workshop at FCI Dublin.