Ericka Huggins

Ericka Huggins
Huggins in 2011
Born
Ericka Jenkins

(1948-01-05) January 5, 1948 (age 76)
EducationCheyney University
Lincoln University (BA)
California State University, East Bay (MA)
Occupation(s)Activist, educator
Years active1967–present
Known forNew Haven Black Panther Trials
Political partyBlack Panther Party
Spouse
(m. 1968; died 1969)
Partner(s)James Mott (1971–1972)
Lisbet Tellefsen (2006–present)
Children3

Ericka Huggins (née Jenkins;[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.

  1. ^ "Film/Documentary/TV", Valerie C. Woods website.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Williams, Yohuru; Shih, Bryan (2016). "Sisters of the Revolution". The Nation. p. 6.