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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.
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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, specifcally AND/+, NOT/-, and OR operators. 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.
Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

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Eldridge Cleaver Decision Eldridge Cleaver Decision
Date: 6/11/1968Volume Number: 11-JunFormat: MonographCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Solano Superior Court Judge Raymond Sherwin ruled that Cleaver's parole was improperly suspended after April shootout (in which Bobby Hutton killed) and reinstated Cleaver's parole.
Babylon Vol.1-1 Babylon Vol.1-1
Publisher: Revolutionary Peoples Communications NetworkDate: 11/1971Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
First issue of Babylon, a newspaper published by the Revolutionary Peoples Communications Network. Includes articles on the alleged capture of H. Rap Brown by police after a "gun battle," the problems or heroin addiction and the use of Methadone treatment, Ruchell Magee and the Marin County Courthouse shootout, and the relationship of African Americans to the U.S. military and the war in Vietnam. The centerpiece article is on the struggle of African Americans in Cairo, Illinois against oppression and brutal treatment by the police and other government agencies. Also included are letters from political prisoners, a "Letter To The Lumpen" by Eldridge Cleaver, and various poems.
Eldridge Cleaver From Algiers Eldridge Cleaver From Algiers
Author: Eldridge CleaverPublisher: BPPDate: 1/12/1971Volume Number: 12-JanFormat: MonographCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Position on drug culture in U.S. as it relates to carrying out the revolutionary struggle
Jaco-bin: Eldridge Cleaver for President Jaco-bin: Eldridge Cleaver for President
Volume Number: First EditionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
A publication of the Peace and Freedom Party. Articles includes "Cleaver enters Pres. Race"; "Berkeley begs bread to stop Panthers, PFM"; "A PFM Exclusive! Excerpts from official Berkeley report to US government (re: BPP)"; "write in Dick Gregory for president"
Collection of News Articles/Briefs Collection of News Articles/Briefs
Publisher: BPPDate: 4/1968Volume Number: AprilFormat: MonographCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
One page, size of BPP newspaper, with following articles re: 4/6/68 attack on BPP and murder of Bobby Hutton: "New York Review, Violence in Oakland, To the Editors"; "Statement by Bertrand Russell"; "New York Times, Police Shooting of Oakland Negro, To the Editor"; "Getting Eldridge Cleaver"; "Excerpts from Affidavit of Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information, BPP, CSP-Vacaville, 4/19/68"; also, excerpt from Soul on Ice
Correction of Support Correction of Support
Publisher: KPFADate: 5/16/1968Volume Number: 16-MayFormat: StatementCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Statement of correction of support for Cleaver's presidential campaign.
A Review of Soul on Ice (The Nation) A Review of Soul on Ice (The Nation)
Publisher: The NationDate: 5/13/1968Volume Number: Vol. 206-20Format: PeriodicalCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
P. 638, "The New Mainstream," by Julian Mayfield - review of Soul On Ice by Eldridge Cleaver
Black Panthers: The Hard Edge of Confrontation Black Panthers: The Hard Edge of Confrontation
Publisher: Life MagazineDate: 2/6/1970Call Number: OS 06Volume Number: Vol 68 - 4Format: ArticleCollection: Black Panther Party general
Editorial by Life Magazine about the Black Panthers followed by article and photo essay by Gordon Parks on his meeting with Eldridge Cleaver in exile in Algiers.
Historic Black Panther Party Film Historic Black Panther Party Film
Call Number: V 320Format: DVDCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
Features interviews with Minister of Defense, Huey P. Newton (from Alameda County Jail), Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information, and Chairman Bobby Seale. Also features scenes from a Black Panther rally at Hutton Memorial Park demanding the release of Mr. Newton.
Interview with Huey Newton Interview with Huey Newton
Date: 8/11/1970Call Number: KP 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Elsa Knight ThompsonProgram: KPFA generalCollection: Huey Newton
This interview with Huey P. Newton took place shortly after the Marin county courthouse rebellion incident. It is the first press contact with Newton after his release from prison. Newton discusses how the Panther party looked to form alliances with the Vietnamese on an ideological level and speaks of common goals of oppressed people, with special attention to organizations like the Women's Liberation Front in the United States and homosexual rights advocates. This tape includes a brief discussion of the movement to decentralize the police in Berkeley, CA., and has a brief discussion of Eldridge Cleaver in exile and the expectations of the United Nations to return Cleaver to the U.S.