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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, 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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The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 6, 1971] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 6, 1971]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 3/6/1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Free Kathleen Cleaver and All Political Prisoners
Release Eldridge Cleaver: An appeal for letters demanding justice from the California Adult Authority Release Eldridge Cleaver: An appeal for letters demanding justice from the California Adult Authority
Author: Kathleen CleaverFormat: PamphletCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Appeal for letters to get political prisoner Eldridge Cleaver out of Vacaville, California.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Oct 26, 1968] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Oct 26, 1968]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 10/26/1968Volume Number: Vol. 2-10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Pig Power Structure Uptight: Revolutionary Students Confront Pigs Around the World
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 16, 1968] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 16, 1968]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 3/16/1968Volume Number: Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Pigs Run Amok! Also featuring an execlusive interview with Huey Newton, In Defense of Self-Defense
Statement re: Explusion of Oakland Black Panthers Statement re: Explusion of Oakland Black Panthers
Date: 3/14/1971Call Number: Format: StatementCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 4, 1969] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 4, 1969]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 1/4/1969Volume Number: Vol. 2-19 January 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: 1969- Year of the Panther
International Committee to Release Eldridge Cleaver International Committee to Release Eldridge Cleaver
Publisher: International Committee to Release Eldridge CleaverCall Number: Format: MonographCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Lengthy letter requesting support for release from imprisonment of Eldridge Cleaver.
Eldridge Cleaver Talks Eldridge Cleaver Talks
Publisher: KPFADate: 5/27/1968Volume Number: 27-MayFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Press release re: Cleaver accusing Oakland Police of murdering Bobby Hutton on April 6, 1968
Eldridge Cleaver - US Obstacle - [mp3] Eldridge Cleaver - US Obstacle - [mp3]
Call Number: null Format: mp3Collection: Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver speaks at a noon rally at UC Berkeley about U.S. oppression and imperialism.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Dec. 14 1970] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Dec. 14 1970]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 12/14/1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-24Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: New York City Criminal Slumlords Are Crime Partners With City Government Officials and Courts Also inside: People's Tribunal On Housing Crimes: People of the City of New York Against the Government of the City of New York, Landlords of NYC, Banks of NY- Defendant's Indictment no. 1/1970, Raymond Brooks murdered by off duty Philadelphia Police Officer, Year anniversary of the murders of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, Statement of solidarity with the Black Panthers from the Iranian Students Association in the United States, the horrible condition of Cabrini Green Housing Project (NYC), Message to Black Entertainers, Berkeley Community Worker Carlos Jordan assaulted by Berkeley PD when observing an arrest, An Open Letter to the BSU at Laney College Oakland, Landlord harassment in Philadelphia, Pa., Katherine Robinson beaten by Richmond, Ca Police, Press Statements re: Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale, Letter from Lonnie McLucas, Neither the People Inside nor the Outside of the USA Will Tolerate Bobby Seale Being Condemned to Death by Eldridge Cleaver, A Message to the Black GIs in South Korea from Kathleen Cleaver, Elaine Brown and Andrew Trusker, Members of the US People's Anti-Imperialist Delegation, Speak Before a War Crimes Tribunal at the University of California.