Black Panther Woman: The political and spiritual life of Ericka Huggins

2025/09/03 by J. F. A. Williams · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Politics #Race (biology) #Race, History, and American Society #Religious life #Spirituality

paper · doi:10.1080/03612759.2025.2553406

openalex publication_date 2025/09/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14

Abstract

The history of the Black Panther Party (BPP) is frequently characterized by the prominent roles of iconic male figures such as Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver. Yet the women of the B...

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• Black Panther Woman by Mary Phillips offers a careful, grounded account of Ericka Huggins’s political work and spiritual life within and beyond the Black Panther Party. Reviewed by Jakobi Williams do [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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