A Former Black Panther Party Leader Reflects on Her Revolutionary Work

Ericka Huggins, the longest-serving female leader of the organization, talks about the Party’s legacy and Black Lives Matter

“Among the many memories former Black Panther Party leader Ericka Huggins has from her time in the revolutionary organization, leading the Oakland Community School is one of her fondest. Huggins, who spent 14 years in the Party — the longest of any female leader in the organization — was the director of the school. ‘Those were some of the best years of my entire life. We educated elementary-age students about [their history] and their place in their great place in the world,’ she says. ‘We led with love.’” — Christina M. Tapper

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A Former Black Panther Party Leader Reflects on Her Revolutionary Work