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Podcast: The Bay
Episode: ‘There Would Be No Black Panther Party Without the Women’
Description: There’s a long history of Black women in the Bay Area leading social justice work — including the hundreds of women who led the Black Panther Party. One West Oakland resident believes a celebration of these women and their contributions is long overdue. That’s why, after last summer’s protests against police violence, she decided to memorialize their legacy with a permanent mural on the home she's owned for more than 20 years.Guests: Jilchristina Vest, curator and West Oakland homeownerEricka Huggins, human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther Party leader and former political prisoner...