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. 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.

Search Results

The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-28 January 9Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: "In the spirit of revolutionary solidarity the Black Panther Party hereby offers to the National Liberation Frint and Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam an undetermined number of troops to assist you in your fight against American imperialism."
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1969Volume Number: Vol. 2-19 January 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: 1969- Year of the Panther
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-27 January 2Format: 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 The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-17 July 15Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Are You getting Your 2 Hours Leave With Pay? Black Panther Party Exposes California Employees Negligence in Giving Voting Time to Workers.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 4 No. 25-26 May 31Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Babylon
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-11 April 10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Black Genocide- Sickle Cell Anemia
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1968Volume Number: Vol. 2-9 October 19Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Black Liberation Struggle Shows Progress
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-29 October 7Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Blaxploitation
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-27 September 23Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Boycott Lettuce
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 9-30 May 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Elect Bobby Seale Mayor of Oakland. Vote May 15th.