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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

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The Crusader Monthly Newsletter (November 1968) The Crusader Monthly Newsletter (November 1968)
Author: Robert F. WilliamsDate: 11/1968Volume Number: Vol. 10-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
On the Republic of New Africa re: danger of some Blacks confusing self-determination with segregation – ability to forge one’s own destiny vs. life with no meaningful destiny – references the Declaration of Independence of the RNA; Combat the Enemy Within Our Ranks – re: need to supplement self-defense forces with strong underground counter-intelligence operations; Now Is the Time to Give Up the Ghost: Integration – re: integrating into White America as real a possibility as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; African Safari: Hells Run on a Motorcycle – re: motorcycle safari from Tanzania to Zambia, giving African youth an opportunity to see a new type of tourist – Black brothers calling them to accept Africa’s challenge to the Black man; Africa and the African-American re: America ‘s attempts to prevent revolutionary Blacks from becoming entrenched in Africa and need to acquaint Africans with African history in America; 1969: A Season of Terror; Still Planning to Return re: possibility of Williams returning to U.S. from exile in Cuba; Ethics and the Black Revolution re: struggle for control of the ghetto must also be transformation of the individual and the environment, and ethics of Black Revolution must be predicated on high sense of morality and exemplary conduct.
Y.L.O. Newsletter (unknown month) 1969 Y.L.O. Newsletter (unknown month) 1969
Publisher: Young Lords OrganizationYear: 1969Call Number: Volume Number: vol. 1-4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
Bilingual. Inside: Letters to Y.L.O.; You Can't Kill a Revolution; Revolutionaries Serve the People!; 'El Barrio Esta Despierto'; YLO In Revolution; YLO Festival; Los Nuestros; Free Clothing Program; Dear "Pig" Sidney; Letters to YLO cont.; "Don't Forget" Doña Trina; Puerto Rico: "Island Paradise" of U.S. Imperialism; National Action in Solidarity with Vietnam; New York Y.L.O.