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

Program for International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations in the USA Program for International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations in the USA
Date: 10/1992Volume Number: OctoberFormat: MonographCollection: 1992 Tribunal
Program from the 1992 International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations in the United States. Includes information on the event, political prisoners and sponsors.
Oyate Materials List Oyate Materials List
Publisher: OyateYear: 1992Format: CatalogCollection: Native Americans
Materials list for pre. K - 12 native education
Pelican Bay Prison Express Pelican Bay Prison Express
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Pelican Bay
Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletter Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletter
Publisher: Coalition for Prisoners' Rights/Prison Project of Santa FeYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 17-12 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Private Prisons
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther Newspaper CommitteeYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 1-4 For Mumia FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Stop State Murder of Mumia. Also Inside: Open Letter to Youth; BPP 25th Year; May Day Threat; Reagan/Bush economics; International News; Haitian Update; A Kinder Apartheid; Fallen Comrades; POWs/Political Prisoners; Survival Programs; Marin City CDC, more.
The Framing of Geronimo Pratt The Framing of Geronimo Pratt
Author: John RoemerPublisher: SF WeeklyDate: 2/12/1992Volume Number: 12-FebFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
Political Prisoners in US Control Units Political Prisoners in US Control Units
Date: 1/24/1992Call Number: PM 407Format: CassetteProgram: KPFA BrainstormCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
Discussion of Control Unit prisons with interviews by Bo Rita Brown. Interview with Dr. Corey Weinstein, and Political Prisoners Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldini while imprisoned at Marianna, Florida.
Political Prisoners in US Control Units Political Prisoners in US Control Units
Date: 1/24/1992Call Number: CD 797Format: CDProgram: KPFA BrainstormCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Discussion of Control Unit prisons with interviews by Bo Rita Brown. Interview with Dr. Corey Weinstein, and Political Prisoners Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldini while imprisoned at Marianna, Florida.
Message from Political Prisoners Message from Political Prisoners
Date: 4/23/1992Call Number: PM 420AFormat: Cass ACollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
A compilation of statements by political prisoners speaking out against the proliferation of control units in the US.
Message from Political Prisoners Message from Political Prisoners
Date: 4/23/1992Call Number: CD 811Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A compilation of statements by political prisoners speaking out against the proliferation of control units in the US.