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Ericka Huggins
Huggins in 2011
Born
Ericka Jenkins
(1948-01-05) January 5, 1948 (age 76)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education
Cheyney University Lincoln University (BA) California State University, East Bay (MA)
Occupation(s)
Activist, educator
Years active
1967–present
Known for
New Haven Black Panther Trials
Political party
Black Panther Party
Spouse
John Huggins
(m. 1968; died 1969)
Partner(s)
James Mott (1971–1972) Lisbet Tellefsen (2006–present)
Children
3
Ericka Huggins (néeJenkins;[1] born January 5, 1948)[2][3][4][5] 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.
^"Film/Documentary/TV", Valerie C. Woods website.
^Bloom, Joshua; Martin, Waldo E. Jr (January 14, 2013). Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95354-3.
^Shih, Bryan; Williams, Yohuru (September 13, 2016). The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution. PublicAffairs. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-56858-556-7.
^Phillips, Mary (2015). "The Power of the First-Person Narrative: Ericka Huggins and the Black Panther Party". WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly. 43 (3): 33–51. doi:10.1353/wsq.2015.0060. ISSN 1934-1520. S2CID 86025439.
^Williams, Yohuru; Shih, Bryan (2016). "Sisters of the Revolution". The Nation. p. 6.
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