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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Forum on COINTELPRO Forum on COINTELPRO
Date: 12/8/1980Call Number: KP 529Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Recording of an event held to spread information about COINTELPRO, government repression and progressive social movements. Three speeches are given followed by a lengthy question and answer session. Topics discussed include political prisoners, fascism, the Clark V US case, solidarity with movements of national liberation and increasing militarism.
Forum on COINTELPRO Forum on COINTELPRO
Date: 12/8/1980Call Number: KP 530AFormat: Cass ACollection: General materials
Continuation of KP 529. Question and Answer Session. Some questions are difficult to hear.
Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims
Authors: Nkechi Taifa, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Michael Tarif Warren, Bruce Ellison, Geronimo ji Jaga, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Human Rights Research Fund, Release 2001Year: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
Los Derechos Humanos en los Estados Unidos: El Relato Inconcluso Sobre Los Presos Politicos y de las Victimas de Cointelpro Los Derechos Humanos en los Estados Unidos: El Relato Inconcluso Sobre Los Presos Politicos y de las Victimas de Cointelpro
Authors: Nkechi Taifa, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Michael Tarif Warren, Bruce Ellison, Geronimo ji Jaga, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Human Rights Research Fund, Release 2001Year: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
In Spanish. This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community
Publisher: National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation & ResearchFormat: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
reproduction of documents
The Complete Collection of Political Documents Ripped-off from the FBI Office in Media, PA: March 8, 1971 The Complete Collection of Political Documents Ripped-off from the FBI Office in Media, PA: March 8, 1971
Publisher: WIN MagazineYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8 No. 4-5 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
FBI List of Suspected Security Threats FBI List of Suspected Security Threats
Format: CatalogCollection: Cointelpro
reproduction with handwritten notation
Lessons from COINTELPRO Lessons from COINTELPRO
Author: Peter BohmerPublisher: Works In ProgressYear: 2011Volume Number: Vol. 21-12 AprilFormat: ArticleCollection: Cointelpro
Tip of the Iceberg Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 5/1981Volume Number: MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Clark Plaintiffs Confront FBI; Victory in Pontiac Trial - State's Strategy Defeated; US "Anti-Terrorism": Counterinsurgency of the 80's; US Gov't Escalates Attacks on Black Liberation Movement; Reagan Pardons Cointelpro Criminals; Arab Student Fights Deportation; Zairean CIA Agents in the US; Red Squad Settlement Continues COINTELPRO Cover-up; Committee Targests Struggles for Human Rights; David Truong Appeals Court Decision; Puerto Rican POW Kidnapped by State
COINTELPRO - Domestic Subverside Warfare: The Case of Clark, et. al. v. The United States COINTELPRO - Domestic Subverside Warfare: The Case of Clark, et. al. v. The United States
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1978Format: PamphletCollection: Cointelpro
Pamphlet laying out the background of COINTELPRO and Clark v. USA