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.

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Children of The Stones Children of The Stones
Publisher: Palestinian Center for the Study of Non-ViolenceYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
New Year's Book New Year's Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1988Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Daisy Zamora;Comrade Rickke Green; Judy Statsinger; Patrice Emery Lumumba; Miguel Hernandez; Otto René Castilloassata Shakur; Peggy Seeger; Camomile; Bernice Reagon; Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee); June Jordan; annie Johnston; Judy Grahn; Annie Johnston; Dickl Gaughan; Linton Kwesi Johnson; Mahmoud darwish; Doña Consuelo; Lee Corretjer;
Nazi Skins Active in San Francisco Nazi Skins Active in San Francisco
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1988Format: CompilationCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
examples of Nazi skinhead flyers, JBAKC press release
5th Annual Run Against the Klan 5th Annual Run Against the Klan
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
flyer
Judge bars US from Isolating Prisoners for Political Beliefs Judge bars US from Isolating Prisoners for Political Beliefs
Publisher: New York TimesYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of 7/17/1988 article covering the order by Federal District judge Barrington-Parker to transfer Susan Rosenberg and Silvia Baraldini to "regular cells"
[Request for Donations] [Request for Donations]
Author: Julie StarobinPublisher: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersYear: 1988Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of 3/15/1988 open letter requesting donations to help with advertising.
Political Women Prisoners in the US Political Women Prisoners in the US
Publisher: Revoltin LesbiansYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Written and produced by Revolting Lesbians. Printed May 1988. First printing July 1987. Revised edition.
ABC News: 20/20: "America's Toughest Prison"; "Much Ado About Nothing?"; "From Paris to Peoria" ABC News: 20/20: "America's Toughest Prison"; "Much Ado About Nothing?"; "From Paris to Peoria"
Publisher: ABC NewsYear: 1988Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Transcript of 20/20 episode aired 3/18/1988. Includes "America's toughest Prison" piece including Timothy Blunk, Randy Gomez; David Matas; Gregorio Pardo-Cervants; Imam Hakim
Inhumane' Prison Could be Model for Ionia, Activist warns Inhumane' Prison Could be Model for Ionia, Activist warns
Author: Marcelle WilliamsPublisher: Ann Arbor NewsYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 5/30/1988 article on statement by Nancy Kurshan regarding the Marion Lockdown as a model for other institutions.
A Brief Report on the April 1 Appeals Hearing A Brief Report on the April 1 Appeals Hearing
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
4/1/1988 appeal of the denial of the class action suit filed by the prisoners at Marion to end the lockdown