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Ericka Huggins (née Jenkins; born January 5, 1948) is an American activist, writer, and educator. She is a former leading member of the political organization, Black Panther Party (BPP). She was married to fellow BPP member John Huggins in 1968.
Ericka Huggins is an educator, former Black Panther Party member, and political prisoner, human rights activist and poet.
Bio | Ericka Huggins Official Website. Passionate About Inspiring Transformation. I am a human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther Party leader and former political prisoner. For the past 36 years I’ve lectured throughout the United States and internationally.
This incredible interview spans Ericka Huggins’s lifelong commitment to activism, from her attendance of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 to her work with the Black Panther Party and experiences as the director of OCS, and more recently to her work as a professor and advocate for the LGBTQ community and incarcerated people ...
Aug 25, 2016 · This page was last reviewed on August 25, 2020. . 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.
Ericka Huggins is a human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther leader and former political prisoner. For the past 30 years, she has lectured throughout the United States and internationally.
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.
