Black Liberation Army
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The Black Liberation Army was an underground Marxist–Leninist, black nationalist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. It was most active in the early 1970s. Comp
Herman Bell FBI Most Wanted Poster in 1973
Assata Shakur
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Assata Olugbala Shakur was an American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black Panther Party, and later the Black Liberation Army. In 1977, she was convicted of t
Black Liberation Army
…until September 26, 2011, when he was captured in Portugal. Portuguese courts rejected the pledge for extradition. In another high-profile incident, Assata Shakur, Zayd Shakur and Sundiata Acoli were said to have opened fire on state troopers in New Jersey after being pulled over for a broken taillight. Zayd…
Shakur in the 1970s
New York City Police Department mugshot of Shakur, April 1971
Police stand next to the patrol car that was destroyed by a hand grenade attack on December 20, 1971.
William Kunstler, the chief of Shakur's defense staff.