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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.
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.
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Feb 22, 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.
Nov 20, 2023 · Community. Qween Jean and Ericka Huggins on Solidarity and the Movement for Black Trans Lives. From the Black Panther Party to Black Trans Liberation, organizers Ericka Huggins and Qween Jean discuss solidarity and the struggle for trans liberation. By Wren Sanders. November 20, 2023.
- Wren Sanders
- 33 min
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.
Feb 10, 2022 · Black Panthers Arrests in New Haven. National party chairman Bobby Seale was visiting New Haven at the time of Rackley’s murder and authorities implicated him in the crime. They also indicted Ericka Huggins, founder of the New Haven chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Mar 14, 2024 · Ericka Huggins (née Jenkins; born January 5, 1948) is an American activist, writer, and educator. She is a former leading member of the Black Panther Party (BPP).
