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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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Moncada Library/Biblioteca Moncada Moncada Library/Biblioteca Moncada
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryDate: 9/1978Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library
Police Repression: The US governments answer to the just struggle of opressed people for their democratic and human rights Police Repression: The US governments answer to the just struggle of opressed people for their democratic and human rights
Publisher: N.Y. Committee Against RepressionYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Grand Jury
Includes information on police murders and Police/FBI alliances
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 5-3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
Contains a biography of Lorenzo Komboa Erwin.
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 5-4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
This issues primary focus is on events in occuring in Spain, featuring articles from the Spanish anarchist journal "Bicicleta."
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 5-6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
This issue focuses on conflicts concerning the police in West Germany. Also, includes articles about feminist movements inside of the anarchist movement.
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 5-5Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
Features many articles about the reorganization of the Anarchist Black Cross in 1968.
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 5-7Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
Features an expos
Women in Prison: How We Are Women in Prison: How We Are
Author: Assata ShakurPublisher: The Black ScholarDate: 4/1978Volume Number: AprilFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
Reproduction of original article.
Emily and Bill Harris Statement Emily and Bill Harris Statement
Authors: Emily and Bill HarrisDate: 8/31/1978Volume Number: 31-AugFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Statement given after the two officially entered guilty pleas to the charge of simple kidnapping
Attica: Then and Now Attica: Then and Now
Publisher: Attica Committee to Free DacajeweiahYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Attica
Monograph focusing on the Attica Prison Rebellion, its causes, the aftermath and the campaign to free Dacajeweiah. Contents include: Introduction; Prisons: Who Goes and Why?; The Movement Grows; The Uprising; The Prosecution; Who is Dacajeweiah; What is Being Done; Epilogue.