She taught sociology at both Laney College and at Berkeley City College, as well as women's studies at California State University. From 2008 to 2015, Huggins worked in the Peralta Community College District as a professor of sociology, African American studies, and women studies. She was both the first Black person, as well as the first Black woman to have a seat on the Board. Later, in 1976, she was elected onto the Alameda County Board of Education. In 1972, she moved to California and became an elected member of the Berkeley Community Development Council. Her thesis focused on an education model which proposed 'student-centered, community-based tuition-free education for students to minimize the multigenerational race and gender trauma of American'. She holds a Master of Arts in sociology from California State University, East Bay. There she studied education, and eventually met John Huggins, who she would later marry in 1968.Although Lincoln University's Black Student Congress was opposed to female leaders, Huggins engaged in the group despite the opposition. She then attended Lincoln University, an historically black school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduating high school in 1966, Huggins attended Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania).

She was released from prison in 1971 as a result of a hung jury.īorn Ericka Jenkins in Washington, D.C., Huggins was the middle child of three. In 1969, as part of the New Haven Black Panther trials, Huggins was charged with various crimes relating to the murder of Alex Rackley.

She was married to fellow BPP member John Huggins in 1968. She is a former leading member of the political organization, Black Panther Party (BPP). Ericka Huggins ( née Jenkins born January 5, 1948) is an American activist, writer, and educator.

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