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: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-24 February 5Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Is There Peoples Power in Bangladesh?
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-2 April 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Peoples Survival Programs Thrive in Mozambique: Free Hospitals, Free Food, Free Schools for the Oppressed Black Community of Mozambique
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-4 June 9Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Chicago Community Control of Police Conference A Resounding Success
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-5 June 16Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: S.A.F.E. (Seniors Against a Fearful Environment) Protect Our Senior Citizens. Also Inside: Bobby Seale's Speech at Chicago Conference, Support for David Hilliard Attacked, Watergate Conspiracy, Brutality at Holman Prison, Sihanouk Visits 5 African Nations, Cannery Workers Fight, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-20 September 29Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Council Stalls on City Center Housing. Also Inside: The Battle of the Sexes, Chattanooga Survival Conference, San Quentin Six Lawyer Cited, Farmworkers Appeal for Support, Peoples Lawsuit to Set Aside 1972 Elections, AIM Leader to Run for Tribal Presidency, In Search of Common Ground, Junta Executes Thousands in Chile, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-24 October 27Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Mid-East War- Nixon's New Vietnam. Also Inside: Ghanian Editorial Stop This Senseless War; Bobby Seale Dedicates Institute; Detroit Tenants Action Victorious; Oakland School Strike Averted; Popeye Jackson Frame-up; Mississippi Woodcutters Strike; Rhodesian Comment on Agnew; Black Drama- Four Women Reviewed, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-27 November 17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Who Killed Marcus Foster? Persons Responsible for Murder Must Be Uncovered. Also Inside: Murdered 14-Yr Old's Family to Sue; Son of Man Temple Statement; Bobby Seale Testifies for Chicago 7; Guards Rob David Hilliard; Congressman Ron Dellums Interviewed (part 2); Impeachment Moves Grow; 93 Nations to Back Guinea-Bissau; Josephine Baker, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 10-32 December 22Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Demand Mounts- Re-Open Fred Hampton Murder Case. Also Inside: Charges Against Fred Bell Dismissed; Black Students Hold Health Week; Free Southern Theater Attacked; New Welfare Program Jan. 1; Marine Court Martialed; Search and Destory Excerpt ; Azores Base for U.S. Aid to Portugal; U.S. Ends Talks on Namibia; Black Arts Festival in Berkeley, more.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 11-25 June 15Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: SLA Death House Inferno- LAPD Search and Destroy Tactics Exposed. Also Inside: Oakland School Group Rejects $7.5 Million; Poetry at the Intercommunal Youth Institute; Georgia Governor Answers Huey Newton's Letter; CRIM School Supporters Continue Struggle; ZANLA Guerrillas Win Major Battles; Interview with OAU Liberation Committee; Charge SF Symphony Racist; Discrimination- The Case of Baseball, more.