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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 [Aug 8, 1970] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Aug 8, 1970]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 8/8/1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-6 August 8Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Romaine 'Chip' Fitzgerald Political Prisoner 1970 San Quentin Prison Death Row. Also inside: Two articles by Kathleen Cleaver, Interview with Clara Lowa (Big Mama) Concerning Her Family's Unfit Housing Conditions (Seattle, Washington), Statement by Nguyen Minh Vy, Boston's South End, Horrible Housing Conditions Not Fit For Shelter of Human Beings (Cincinnati, Oh.), Struggle for housing and food stamps for Mother's in Indianapolis, Obituary of Black Panther Babatunde (Chicago,Il.) who was murdered by the FBI by being blown up on railroad tracks, SF Black Panther Community Health Classes, Racist Police in Winston Salem, NC. People's Bussing Program in Seattle, Wa. , Police and racist repression of the Black Panther Newspaper, Repressive Gun Laws in Maryland, Demands from Panther prisoners Rose Smith and Ericka Huggins of the Panther Connecticut 9, Tupamaros Attacked the Homes of Four Uruguayan Police Officers,
Expose the Prisons Free the Prisoners Expose the Prisons Free the Prisoners
Publisher: The Angela Davis Defense CommitteeCall Number: Format: FlyerCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Newspaper advertisement for a two day symposium on prison conditions and political defense, organized by The Angela Davis Defense Committee. This symposium offers a space to discuss the ways people see and feel the inequities of the prison system. The hopes for the symposium are to expose the prison system for its brutality, racism, and inhuman conditions; examine the myth of the "criminal"; explain the economic basis of jails and their class nature. The goals are to identify new strategies for political defense that go beyond filing petitions and organizing rallies and demonstrations and to spread the word about other defense efforts being used locally as well as around the country. The speakers- Fania Davis Jordan, David Tijerina, Tony Martinez, Sal Candelabra, Inez Williams, Bettina Aptheker, Warren Billings, Kendra Alexander, Mark Allen, Jesus Maldonado, Fay Stender, Michael Kennedy, Karl Yoneda, Antonia Padilla, Michael Tigar, Kayo Hallinan- will be speaking from personal experience about the conditions in the prisons and the nature of the penal system.
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 [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.