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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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Puerto Rico A Colony of the United States Puerto Rico A Colony of the United States
Author: Puerto Rican Youth MovementPublisher: New England Free PressYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
Describes the role of colonization in Puerto Rico's history focusing on the contributions of Nationalist leaders and the consequences of their imprisonment.
Leak of Berkeley cop conspiracy assault plan Leak of Berkeley cop conspiracy assault plan
Publisher: Berkeley TribeYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
Leak of Berkeley cop conspiracy assault plan Leak of Berkeley cop conspiracy assault plan
Publisher: Berkeley TribeYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
Leak of Berkeley cop conspiracy assault plan Leak of Berkeley cop conspiracy assault plan
Publisher: Berkeley TribeYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party Articles From the 1970s
Political Assassination of Deputy Defense Minister Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and Deputy of Information Minister John Huggins Political Assassination of Deputy Defense Minister Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and Deputy of Information Minister John Huggins
Publisher: Black Panther Party National HeadquartersDate: 1/1969Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Black Panther Party general
Press Release re: Bunchy Carter's and John Huggins's assassination, stapled to below legal memo re: Bobby Seale
An Introduction to the Black Panther Party An Introduction to the Black Panther Party
Author: The John Brown SocietyPublisher: The Radical Education ProjectDate: 5/1969Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
April 1, 1967, killing of Denzil Dowell; April 7, 1968 murder of Bobby Hutton; Police Harassment of BPP: Sample of Incidents from Oct. 1966 -1969
An Introduction to the Black Panther Party An Introduction to the Black Panther Party
Author: The John Brown SocietyPublisher: The Radical Education ProjectDate: 5/1969Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
April 1, 1967, killing of Denzil Dowell; April 7, 1968 murder of Bobby Hutton; Police Harassment of BPP: Sample of Incidents from Oct. 1966 -1969
Bobby Hutton Memorial Service Bobby Hutton Memorial Service
Date: 4/1969Volume Number: AprilFormat: FlyerCollection: BPP_NoCal
Service and rally at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, with speakers: Bobby Seale, Kathleen Cleaver, David Hilliard, Charles Garry, Masai Hewitt
Press Release Press Release
Date: 3/21/1969Volume Number: Mar 21Format: Press ReleaseCollection: BPP_NoCal
Press release re: April 19th conference in Oakland re: community-worker alliance between BPP and League of Revolutionary Black Workers of Detroit
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1969Volume Number: Vol. 2-19 January 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: 1969- Year of the Panther