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: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-16 October 17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Alprentice 'Bunchy' Carter Deputy Minister of Defense Black Panther Party L.A. California. Born- October 12, 1942 Assassinated- January 17, 1969.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-30 January 23Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Let Us Hold High the Banner of Intercommunalism and the Invincible Thoughts of Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the Black Panther Party.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-17 May 22Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: The People's Fight Against Sickle Cell Anemia Begins
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-19 June 5Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Black Capitalism Re-analyzed by Huey P. Newton
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-20 June 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Two-Year Old Black Youth Murdered by Racist America
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 7-4 September 18Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Massacre at Attica
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-28 March 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Welcome Home, Angela Davis
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 7-29 March 11Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Angela Davis, A Black Woman in the Liberation Struggle: Part 2 of a Conversation with Angela Davis
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 8-12 June 10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Free Angela! Free All of Us! Angela Davis Finally Acquitted of False Charges
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.