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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.
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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Smash the Klan Smash the Klan
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1977Format: Press ReleaseCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
JBAKC press release about KKK activities at Napanoch Prison, New York, and other activities
Assata Bulletin Assata Bulletin
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 2/21/1977Volume Number: 21-FebFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Assata Shakur
Information includes: All White Jury Selected; Assata Denied Right to Make Opening Statement; The Week in Court; Supporters Harrassed in Court; Press Coverage Biased as Ever; To My People (Assata Statement).
Assata Bulletin Assata Bulletin
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 3/7/1977Volume Number: 7-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Assata Shakur
Information Includes: Demonstration of Black Solidarity with Assata; Campus Support for Assata Grows; Attempt to Silence Black Lawyers; Legal Update.
Assata Bulletin Assata Bulletin
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 5/2/1977Volume Number: 2-MayFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Statement by Assata to her supporters
Free Assata Shakur flyer Free Assata Shakur flyer
Publisher: National Coalition to Defend Assata ShakurYear: 1977Format: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
Trial Date January 17, 1977, Come to Court.
Why Assata Must be Supported, and Why Such Support is Support of the Black Liberation Movement and Does Not Stand Above Correct Political Analysis Why Assata Must be Supported, and Why Such Support is Support of the Black Liberation Movement and Does Not Stand Above Correct Political Analysis
Publisher: BLA Coordinating CommitteeDate: 1/1977Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Support of sister Assata is support of the black liberation movement. There can be no seperation, nor will we allow any. Assata belongs to black people and we oppose all attempts to confuse this very basic fact. Supporting her does not stand above politics, it is an example of ones politics in actual practice.
Why Assata Shakur was Convicted Why Assata Shakur was Convicted
Publisher: BLA Coordinating CommitteeDate: 4/1977Volume Number: AprilFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Statement from BLA Coordinating Committee on why Assata was unjustly convicted.
Interview with Herman Bell Interview with Herman Bell
Date: 8/31/1977Call Number: PM 208Format: Cass A & BCollection: Herman Bell
Interviews with Herman Bell on August 31, 1977 at USP Marion. He speaks mainly about prison conditions, control units, behavior modification, the injustice of the prison system.
Interview with Herman Bell Interview with Herman Bell
Date: 8/31/1977Call Number: CD 541Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviews with Herman Bell on August 31, 1977 at USP Marion. He speaks mainly about prison conditions, control units, behavior modification, the injustice of the prison system.
Interview with Herman Bell Interview with Herman Bell
Date: 8/31/1977Call Number: CD 780Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviews with Herman Bell on August 31, 1977 at USP Marion. He speaks mainly about prison conditions, control units, behavior modification, the injustice of the prison system.