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

S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope Now! S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope Now!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 28-MayFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Black History/Black Liberation Month Black History/Black Liberation Month
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 13-FebFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer for Black and New Afrikan events on Feb.13th and for demonstration at FBI headquaters on Feb.19th, with graphics.
S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope: Fight White Supremacy Demonstrate Against Slope Citizens Anti-Crime Network S.C.A.N. Out of Park Slope: Fight White Supremacy Demonstrate Against Slope Citizens Anti-Crime Network
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeVolume Number: 24-MarFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
How to Select a Wall How to Select a Wall
Format: MonographCollection: Moncada Library
This is a collection of suggestions and information on mural making and the process of mural creation by a collective.
Paint a Mural with the Young People's Program of the Moncada Library Paint a Mural with the Young People's Program of the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Pintar un Mural con el Programa Para Jovenes de la Biblioteca Moncada Pintar un Mural con el Programa Para Jovenes de la Biblioteca Moncada
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
An Open Call to the Park Slope Community: STOP RACIST VIGILANTE PATROLS! GET SCAN OUT OF PARK SLOPE! An Open Call to the Park Slope Community: STOP RACIST VIGILANTE PATROLS! GET SCAN OUT OF PARK SLOPE!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Moncada Library
Phamlet with information about the creation of SCAN and their activites in Park Slope.
Park Slope Community Demonstrates Against Vigilante Recruitment Center Park Slope Community Demonstrates Against Vigilante Recruitment Center
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 6/9/1981Volume Number: 9-JunFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library
Statement of Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan Committee in Response to Police Attack Statement of Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan Committee in Response to Police Attack
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 5/14/1981Volume Number: 14-MayFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library
Statement about an attack on John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Moncada library members on May 9th, 1981 by Ralph Busti and police officers.
Demonstration to Protest the Building of a White Vigilante Motor Patrol (S.C.A.N.) in Park Slope, Brooklyn Demonstration to Protest the Building of a White Vigilante Motor Patrol (S.C.A.N.) in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 3/24/1981Volume Number: 24-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library