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

New Year Message to the Namibian People New Year Message to the Namibian People
Authors: Comrade Sam Nujoma, President of SWAPOPublisher: SWAPO of Namibia, Permanent Observer Mission to the UNDate: 1/1/1986Volume Number: 1-JanFormat: TranscriptCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
The Death of Samora Moises Machel: A Funeral Eulogy The Death of Samora Moises Machel: A Funeral Eulogy
Author: Marcelino dos SantosPublisher: The Africa Fund (associated with The American Committee on Africa)Date: 10/28/1986Volume Number: 28-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
A packet of materials eulogizing Samora Machel, revolutionary leader and first president of Mozambique
Today's Legal Repression Session 1 Today's Legal Repression Session 1
Date: 11/1/1986Call Number: PM 434Format: CassetteProducers: CEMLCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Rachel Rosen Degolia on the government's war on the bill of rights and the Freedom of Information Act. Maryann Corley on the Sanctuary movement and the use of prohibition laws to conduct illegal searches. Michael Deutsch on the fundamental use of repression by the state, especially in the last 10 years.
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 10-1 Spring-SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Azania: a Constant State of Emergency p. 1 - When Democracy Turns to Torture: Human Rights Violations Against POWS and Political Prisoners in the US p. 3 - personal testimonies: Sekou Odinga p. 7 - Alejandrina Torres p. 9 - Standing Deer p. 11 - Alan Berkman p. 12 - Carol Manning p. 13 -Statement from Ramsey Clark and William Kunstler p. 14 - El Salvador Vencera! Statements from the FMLN p. 15 - After Marcos, interview with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines p. 22 - Puerto Rico: Los Yanquis Quieren Fuego: Statement from the Hartford 13 p. 31 - The Lessons of August 30, Julio Rosado, Eastern Regional Coordinator, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional, MLN-PR p. 32 - Free Mutulu Shakur, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 34 - Write to the Prisoners p. 35