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.

Freedom Now

Freedom Now was a national organization committed to building a broad movement in support of human rights and amnesty for political prisoners and p.o.w.s in the USA.

Documents

500 Years of Resistance 500 Years of Resistance
Publisher: Freedom Now NetworkYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: Freedom Now
Don't Talk to the FBI Don't Talk to the FBI
Publisher: BreakthroughYear: 1984Format: ArticleCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction of Article
Movement Support Network News Movement Support Network News
Publisher: Center for Constitutional Rights; National Lawyer's GuildYear: 1989Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
Press Statement - Human Rights day 1988 - New York City Press Statement - Human Rights day 1988 - New York City
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1989Format: Press ReleaseCollection: Freedom Now
Freedom When? Freedom When?
Publisher: Prison News ServiceDate: 9/1989Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Freedom Now
Clipping of Article from p. 3,4,10
Now Available! Can't Jail the Spirit!: A Collection of Biographies of Political Prisoners in the US Now Available! Can't Jail the Spirit!: A Collection of Biographies of Political Prisoners in the US
Publisher: Editorial El ConquFormat: MonographCollection: Freedom Now
Pamphlet advertising book
Best Kept SecretL There Are Political Prisoners in the US Best Kept SecretL There Are Political Prisoners in the US
Format: FlyerCollection: Freedom Now
Advertisement for screening of "Through the Wire" and discussion.
A Call to Justice: A People's Tribunal on Human Rights in the United States A Call to Justice: A People's Tribunal on Human Rights in the United States
Author: Greg TewksburyPublisher: Social JusticeFormat: ArticleCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction of article which appeared in Social Justice, Vol. 16, No. 1
For the Commission on Human Rights, 45th session - February, 1989 For the Commission on Human Rights, 45th session - February, 1989
Author: Ahmed ObafemiPublisher: The Indigienous World organizationYear: 1989Format: TranscriptCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction of Item 10: Human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment, in particular: The violation of human rights of political prisoners in the United States of America. Intervention by Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United States
Torchlight March and candlelight Vigil Torchlight March and candlelight Vigil
Publisher: Freedom Now NetworkFormat: FlyerCollection: Freedom Now