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

COINTELPRO 1980: Blueprint for Facism COINTELPRO 1980: Blueprint for Facism
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductFormat: FlyerCollection: Cointelpro
Flyer for 1980 Forum A Blueprint for Facism
Demonstrate Against FBI Coverup! Demonstrate Against FBI Coverup!
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductFormat: FlyerCollection: Cointelpro
Flyer for demonstration at US District Court, District of Columbia
Bring War Criminal Nixon to Trial! Smash COINTELPRO! Bring War Criminal Nixon to Trial! Smash COINTELPRO!
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductFormat: FlyerCollection: Cointelpro
Flyer for demonstration at Federal Courthouse, Foley Square
Join a Day of Action to Free All Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War! Join a Day of Action to Free All Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War!
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductFormat: FlyerCollection: Cointelpro
Flyer for demonstration to stop FBI/Police Terror
Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1980Volume Number: December-JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1979Volume Number: October-NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Special Issue: National Black Human Rights Campaign
Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 8/1979Volume Number: AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1980Volume Number: SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
formerly Update
Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1981Volume Number: December-JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
formerly Update. Cover Story: Stop the Frame-Up of Eve Rosahn! Missing pages 3-4, 13-14.
Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 2/1981Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
formerly Update