Seeing the ANC as ineffectual, the BCM called for militant action, but following the Soweto uprising of 1976, many BCM activists were imprisoned on Robben Island.
Considerando o CNA ineficaz, o BCM proclamou a acción militante, pero tralos disturbios de Soweto de 1976 moitos dos activistas do BCM foron encarcerados na illa Robben.