Black Liberation Army
Overview
 
The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 from 1970 to 1981. Composed largely of former Black Panthers
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....

 (BPP), the organization's program was one of "armed struggle" 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, robberies (what participants termed "expropriations
Confiscation
Confiscation, from the Latin confiscatio 'joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury' is a legal seizure without compensation by a government or other public authority...

"), and prison breaks.
The Black Liberation Army gained strength as Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....

 membership declined.
 
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