An Uphill Battle
Aaron Dixon helped start the Black Student Union at the University of Washington before going on to found the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. He served as Captain from 1968 to 1972. (2 min)
Though some men in the organization
were responsive to women’s protests, others were not, and women
still faced chauvinism and discrimination from their
fellow activists. Aaron
Dixon describes the difficulty in integrating women
into the Black Panther Party.
