Education
After graduating high school in 1966, Huggins attended Cheyney State College.
After graduating high school in 1966, Huggins attended Cheyney State College.
Education and Born Ericka Jenkins in Washington, District of Columbia, Huggins was the youngest of three. Huggins holds a Masters Degree in Sociology. She was the Director of the Black Panther Party"s Oakland Community School from 1973-1981.
Huggins is a Professor of Sociology at Laney College in Oakland and at Berkeley City College.
In addition, she has lectured at Stanford, Cornell, and University of California, Los Los Angeles
Black Panther Party
After joining the party in 1967, Ericka Huggins became a leader in the Los Angeles chapter and later led the Black Panther Party chapter in New Haven, Connecticut along with two other women, Kathleen Neal Cleaver and Elaine Brown. New Haven Black Panther Trials
Huggins was heard speaking on a tape recording of Rackley"s interrogation that was played during the trial.
The trial sparked protests across the country about whether the Panthers would receive a fair trial and the jury selection would become the longest in state history. In May 1971 the jury deadlocked 10 to 2 for Huggins" acquittal, and she was not retried.
Huggins is a former leading member of the Black Panther Party. In 1972, she moved to California and became an elected member of the Berkeley Community Development Council. In 1970, members of the New Haven Black Panthers tortured and murdered Alex Rackley, whom they suspected of being an informant.