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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. 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.

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Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 7/1981Volume Number: JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter with articles about establishing a New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day on July 18th, police aggression and SCAN activites, Assata Shakur, SWAPO, Puerto Rican POWs, book review for "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa", Young People's Program's mural project, and an editorial from The New Afrikan.
Letter in support of Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day Letter in support of Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day
Author: The Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 6/26/1981Volume Number: 26-JunFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Moncada Library
Letter calling on supportors to mobilize for the New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day and in particular Assata Shakur.
Keep Assata Shakur Free! Keep Assata Shakur Free!
Format: StatementCollection: Moncada Library
Join a Class on the Fight For Women's Liberation Join a Class on the Fight For Women's Liberation
Publisher: Women's Committee Against GenocideDate: 12/4/1979Volume Number: 4-DecFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
A Free and Independent Zimbabwe! A National Tour in Solidarity with the Republic of Zimbabwe A Free and Independent Zimbabwe! A National Tour in Solidarity with the Republic of Zimbabwe
Publisher: Women's Committee Against GenocideFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Dragon Dragon
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveYear: 1975Volume Number: No. 2 SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Dragon
Table of Contents: Introduction, Analysis of the Trial of Little and Remiro, Statement from Little and Remiro 1/18/74, Remiro and Little's Trial Statements: 4/4/75 & 4/18/75, Russ Little's Statement at Their Sentencing, Letter from Joe Remiro 8/16/75, On the Trials of Gary Garrison and Cameron Bishop, The Correct Handling of Communiques, New World Liberation Front Statement on Popeye Jackson, Peoples' Forces NWLF Respond to BARC/Orphans Criticism, Peoples' Forces NWLF Open Letter to Prisoners, A Letter to the NWLF, BARC Critique of Peoples' Forces NWLF, Jonathan Jackson/Sam Melville NWLF Communique, Poem from a Locked-Down Comrade
Dragon Dragon
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveYear: 1975Volume Number: No. 4 NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Dragon
Table of Contents: Introduction, Letter from Emily Harris, October 27, 1975, Lolita Lebron and Blanca Canales, Susan Saze Statement, June 9, 1975, On Being Underground -- Katherine Power and Susan Saxe, Colation Against Psychiatric Assault: Demonstration, A Collective Letter to the Women's Movement from the Women of the Weather Underground, WUO Women's Brigade bombs Dept of H.E.W., March 1974, Poem, Statement from Sisters of the Symbionese Liberation Army, October 21, 1975, Militant Women: a Brief History, Open Letter to the Fighting Forces, Puerto Rican Solidarity, New World Liberation Front Communique: Fort Ord