American underground, black nationalist militant organization
Black Liberation Army
Logo of the Black Liberation Army
Leaders
Assata Shakur
Eldridge Cleaver
Twymon Myers
Dates of operation
1970–1981
Split from
Black Panther Party
Active regions
United States
Ideology
Marxism-Leninism[1] Black nationalism
Political position
Far-left
Part of
Black Power Movement
Battles and wars
1972 Delta Air Lines Flight 841 hijacking
1981 Brink's robbery
Not to be confused with Baloch Liberation Army, a militant outfit in South Asia.
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The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground Marxist-Leninist, black-nationalist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Composed of former Black Panthers (BPP)[2] and Republic of New Afrika (RNA) members who served above ground before going underground, the organization's program was one of war against the United States government, and its stated goal was to "take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of black people in the United States." The BLA carried out a series of bombings, killings of police officers and drug dealers, robberies (which participants termed "expropriations"), and prison breaks.[3]
^"BLACK LIBERATION ARMY AND THE PROGRAM OF ARMED STRUGGLE" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^"Black Liberation Army Papers (1963-1998)". Archived from the original on 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
^Cleaver, Kathleen; Katsiaficas, George (2014). Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black Panthers and Their Legacy. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 9781135298326.
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