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

Jada Gomez
Momentum
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1 min readJan 26, 2021

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“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…

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Jada Gomez
Momentum

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