The Black Panther Party

Erica Washington: You had a choice to walk away from the Black Panther Party. Why did you choose to stay? "Because I'd had this promise to myself to serve people for the rest of my life" She says there was an expectation that Black Panther women would serve their men, even sexually. 'It takes a lot of inner work for a man to come to terms with their sexist or misogynist ideas or behaviors'