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25 de ago. de 2016 · Ericka Jenkins was born in Washington, DC and attended Lincoln University, where she met her future husband John Huggins, a Vietnam veteran. She joined the Black Panther Party (BPP) in 1968 and she and John became leaders in the Los Angeles chapter. Three weeks after their daughter Mai was born, her husband was murdered in January 1969.
30 de mar. de 2020 · By Jaimee A. Swift. At 15-years-old, human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther Party leader, and former political prisoner, Ericka Huggins (she/her) made a vow to serve humanity at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Now at 72, the revolutionary is still as dedicated and committed to the vow she made years ago.
22 de feb. de 2017 · February 22, 2017. Ericka Huggins led the Black Panther Party’s Los Angeles chapter with her husband, John Huggins, only to have to cope with his killing; she endured two years in jail while awaiting trial with Bobby Seale; and later became director of the groundbreaking Oakland Community School. Huggins is now a speaker and teacher who ...
This oral history of Ericka Huggins covers her life from childhood to the 1970s, and centers on her work in the Black Panther Party. For the purposes of this project, only the excerpt of the oral history interview that is most pertinent to the Oakland Community School is included here. In this excerpt, Huggins describes “The Children’s ...
4 de nov. de 2022 · The author and B.P.P. member Ericka Huggins after the Black Community Survival Conference in Oakland, Calif., March 31, 1972. Huggins served in the Oakland, Los Angeles and New Haven, ...
Ericka Huggins is a human rights activist, poet, educator, former Black Panther member and political prisoner. Ericka’s political activism began in 1963, when she attended the ‘March on Washington’ and committed to moving from the sidelines to the frontlines in the global human rights movement. In 1969, at age 18, she became a leader in ...
Her Story: Ericka Huggins. Ericka Huggins is an educator, human rights activist, political prisoner, and a former leader of the Black Panther Party for 14 years, the longest of any woman. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1948, Huggins was the middle child of three. She graduated from high school in 1966 and went on to get a Masters in Sociology.
