See also:
Resources on the Black Panther Party.
Armed Resistance in the Black Freedom Struggle.
Books
Kuwasi Balagoon: Soldier’s Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist.
Jamal Joseph: Panther Baby.
The Panther 21: Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions.
Assata Shakur: Assata: An Autobiography.
BLA Writings
See the collection of writings at The Freedom Archives.
Ashanti Alston:
- The Panthers, the Black Liberation Army and the struggle to free all political prisoners and prisoners of war.
- Interview with Ashanti Alston, anarchist and former Black Panther Party/Black Liberation Army member. (Listen here.)
Kuwasi Balagoon:
Dhoruba Bin-Wahad: The “Terrorist” Label And The Criminalization of Revolutionary Black Movements in The USA.
BLA: Message to the Black Movement: A Political Statement from the Black Underground.
BLA Co-Ordinating Committee (editor): Black Liberation Army Political Dictionary.
Rashad Shabazz: Black militancy: notes from the underground.
Assata Shakur: Women in Prison: How It Is With Us.
Articles About the BLA
Bim Adewunmi: Assata Shakur: from civil rights activist to FBI’s most-wanted.
Isheka N. Harrison: Former Black Liberation Army Activist Granted Parole After 49 Years and Numerous Requests, Impending Release Sparks Backlash.
Bakari Kitwana: The 16 Black Panthers Still Behind Bars.
Ed Pilkington: Black Power Behind Bars: The 19 black radicals who are still in prison after four decades.
Akinyele Omowale Umoja: Repression breeds resistance: The black liberation army and the radical legacy of the black panther party.
Wikipedia entry. (Includes links to Wikipedia bios of many members.)
Will Wilderson: The Black Liberation Army & the paradox of political engagement.
Bruce C.T. Wright: Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz, Former Black Liberation Army Soldier And Prison Abolitionist, Dies At 78. The Black Unity Council founder who was part of the New Afrikan liberation movement was a catalyst in the movement to abolish solitary confinement and other inhumane treatment of prisoners.
White Comrades of the BLA
Podcast: Mother Country Radicals.
Kathy Boudin:
- Kathy Boudin: A Great Life and A Great Loss.
- The Radical Life of Kathy Boudin: She became infamous for her involvement in acts of political violence. Then she found her way out of the abyss.
- Wikipedia bio.
David Gilbert: