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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 Crusader Monthly Newsletter (September-October 1967) The Crusader Monthly Newsletter (September-October 1967)
Author: Robert F. WilliamsYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 9-2 September-OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
USA: The Potential of a Minority Revolution Part III: Williams again raises the question, could a minority revolution succeed in US. What’s required is total revolutionary unity among the youth, a strong revolutionary nationalist spirit throughout the country, a high quality of leadership. “Revolt is a natural response to brutally sustained tyranny.” Call to protest the ban of The Crusader from U.S. mail.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 2, 1971] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [Jan 2, 1971]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 1/2/1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-27Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: 1971 The Year of the Youth- Youth Makes the Revolution.
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
BLU Magazine: Global Guerillas #10 BLU Magazine: Global Guerillas #10
Publisher: BLU MagazineYear: 2000Call Number: Volume Number: Issue 10, Volume 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: BLU Magazine
"BLU Guerrillas" Introduction to the feature on guerilla warfare. "Camilo: Che Guevara" essay written by Che Guevara in memory of Camilo Cienfuegos, commander in the Cuban Revolutionary War. "Insurgentas: Subcomandante Marcos" salute to women guerrilla soldiers. "Martial Arts and Hip Hop: Adisa Banjoko" promotes hip hop as a means of regaining the 'African Warrior spirit' and fighting for honor rather than using guns or drugs. "Homies Unidos" interview with Magdaleno Rose-Avila discussing his work with organizing gangs in Los Angeles and San Salvador. "Spirituality of Liberation:Bishop Samuel Ruiz" highlights the Zapatista Women who champion the cause of Chiapan peasants who have suffered loss of land, livelihood and murder at the hands of paramilitary groups "Spectre of Frantz Fanon: Richard Pithouse" short biography "Electronic Underground: Phronimus Mainframe" discusses the history of hackers and phreakers (phone hackers) and their mutual interdependence "Virtues in Playahating: Sofia Quintero" "Coming War: Kon Spyrisist" "Saul Williams: Word" Williams discusses the power of spoken word in the context of global guerrillas and community activism "Political Art: Carol Wells" discusses the Los Angeles Center for the Study of Political Graphics and their work to preserve political cartoons and images of revolution for the future "Guerrilleros: Refa One" graffiti as a means of political expression and liberation "Hip Hop in South Africa: Dax Devlon-Ross" "Punk in DC" Interviews: "Blue Indian John Trudell" "Fun'Da'Mental" "Blood of Abraham" "Arsonists Q&A"
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.)