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, 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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.

Search Results

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
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Dec 7, 1968] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Dec 7, 1968]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 12/7/1968Volume Number: Vol. 2 No. 15-17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Eldridge Cleaver's Free! Damn Pigs and Prison.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [April 20, 1969] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [April 20, 1969]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 4/20/1969Volume Number: Vol. 2-30 April 20Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: True Revolutionaries
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Oct 19, 1968] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Oct 19, 1968]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 10/19/1968Volume Number: Vol. 2-9Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Black Liberation Struggle Shows Progress
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 23, 1971] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 23, 1971]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 1/23/1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-30Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Let Us Hold High the Banner of Intercommunalism and the Invincible Thoughts of Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the Black Panther Party.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Feb 27, 1971] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Feb 27, 1971]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 2/27/1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-5Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: The San Quentin Branch of the Black Panther Party Opens! Also Inside: New York's Lincoln Hospital - Children's War - A Ward of Death for Our Children, We Want Decent Housing (Bronx, Ny), Free Medical Care Center in Chicago implementing a Preventative Health Care Program, Conspiracy Against Rev. Koen (Cairo, Ill.), 'Operation Nevada' for Welfare Rights, Pig Nixon's Cousins are on Welfare, "Huey Newton's Plush Pad" a Gross Distortion, A Letter from Attorney Lefcourt, Booby Seale and Ericka Huggins Trial, Pigs Attack Inmates of Baltimore City Jail, Attack on Black Community Information Center, High Point, NC., Weapon Safety, Fascist Repression Breeding in the South (police attack N.C.C.F. in Winston-Salem, NC.)
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Aug 15, 1970] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Aug 15, 1970]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 8/15/1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-7 August 15Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary Suicide-- "That's Suicide Motivated by the Desire to Change the System, or Else Die Trying. To Change the Reactionary Conditions." Also, Minister Huey P. Newton, Back on the Streets with the People.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Sep 19, 1970] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Sep 19, 1970]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 9/19/1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. Also Inside: A Family Inside Ugly America, North Korea/South Korea, Denmark Vesey, San Quentin Prisoners Kidnapped, The Black Panther Party A Force Against U.S. Imperialism by William Patterson, Communist Party, U.S.A. and Minister Huey Newton's Reply to William Patterson's Article.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [May 22, 1971] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [May 22, 1971]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 5/22/1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-17 May 22Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: The People's Fight Against Sickle Cell Anemia Begins
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 3, 1973] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 3, 1973]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 3/3/1973Volume Number: Vol. 9-20Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: No Jobs for Black Vietnam War Veterans