THE BLACK PANTHER OAKLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL RESEARCH CLUSTER
2023 Summer Speaker Virtual Series
Presents
Each One Teach One: Oakland Community School in Life and Autobiography
with
ERICA WATKINS
FORMER OAKLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENT
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JULY 31st
10AM PST
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Bio:
Erica Watkins was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. After attending public and private elementary schools, Erica attended the Black Panther Party’s Oakland Community School located in Oakland, CA. After graduating from high school, Erica earned an Associate’s degree from the College of Alameda and a Bachelor’s degree from California State University at Hayward. She later earned a Master’s degree from Howard University with a focus on the African Diaspora and early African American History. During her tenure at Howard, Erica’s professors encouraged her to treat the topic of the Black Panther Party. As a result, she focused on the influence of the BPP on many organizations. The title of her Master’s thesis is a quote from Dr. Huey P. Newton, “They Really Haven’t Done Anything by Crushing One Organization”: The Legacy of the Black Panther Party, 1989 – 1998.