Black Liberation Army

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The Black Liberation Army was a clandestine, militant Black nationalist organization active primarily in the 1970s that engaged in armed struggle against U.S. authorities in pursuit of Black liberation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Black Liberation Army canonical 21
Black Liberation Army members 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Black nationalist organization ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
clandestine organization ⓘ
militant organization ⓘ
activePeriodEnd early 1980s ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1970 ⓘ
classifiedAs domestic terrorist organization ⓘ
consideredTerroristBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
U.S. law enforcement agencies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionReason arrests of members ⓘ
exile of members ⓘ
imprisonment of leadership ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPrecursor Black Panther Party ⓘ
ideology Black nationalism ⓘ
anti-capitalism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
involvedIn 1971 murder of New York City police officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini ⓘ
1972 murder of New York City police officers Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie ⓘ
1973 New Jersey Turnpike shootout ⓘ
1979 prison escape of Assata Shakur ⓘ
armed bank robberies in the 1970s ⓘ
attacks on police stations in the 1970s ⓘ
notableActivityPeriod 1970s ⓘ
notableMember Anthony Bottom ⓘ
Assata Shakur ⓘ
Dhoruba bin-Wahad ⓘ
Herman Bell ⓘ
Kuwasi Balagoon ⓘ
Mutulu Shakur ⓘ
Sekou Odinga ⓘ
Sundiata Acoli ⓘ
operationalArea California ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States East Coast ⓘ
opposedTo U.S. government ⓘ
U.S. law enforcement ⓘ
originatedFrom Black Panther Party ⓘ
partOf Black liberation movement ⓘ
statedGoal Black liberation ⓘ
overthrow of U.S. capitalist system ⓘ
self-determination for Black people ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
usedTactics armed robbery ⓘ
assassinations ⓘ
bombings ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
prison breaks ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Panther Party → influenced → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Assata Shakur → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Mutulu Shakur → movement → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
JoAnne Deborah Byron → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
JoAnne Chesimard → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
New Jersey Turnpike shootout → involvedOrganization → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
New Jersey Turnpike shootout → involvedParty → Black Liberation Army members ⓘ
linked to: Black Liberation Army
New Jersey Turnpike shootout → relatedTo → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Assata: An Autobiography → mainSubject → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Jeral Wayne Williams → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Russell Shoatz → member of → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Kuwasi Balagoon → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Sundiata Acoli → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Anthony Bottom → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Sekou Odinga → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Dhoruba bin-Wahad → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Dhoruba bin-Wahad → coFounderOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Herman Bell → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
JoAnne Chesimard → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Chesimard
Assata Shakur → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Chesimard
Louis Shakur → usedInContext → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
Assata Shakur → memberOf → Black Liberation Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Louis Shakur