The book club where Kamala Harris’ parents met was a pre-curser to Black Panthers

https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/the-afro-american-association-forerunner-to-the-panthers/

Founded in 1962 by a group of graduate and law students at UC Berkeley, the Afro-American Association’s central mission was to educate African Americans about their history. The founding membersDonald Warden, Donald Hopkins, Otho Green, and Henry Ramseyknew that many of the obstacles that faced their community were due to lack of self-knowledge. They were inspired by the revolutionary rhetoric of Malcolm X and Robert L. Williams, the recent anti-colonial victories throughout Africa, and the enduring Black consciousness espoused by intellects like Dr. W.E.B. DuBois. People could not combat oppressive and discriminatory systems, the association’s leadership reasoned, without a belief that they deserved better than the conditions under which they lived. The group’s chairman was Donald Warden, a Phi Beta Kappa Boalt Law School graduate, who believed that until African Americans knew their history, they would forever fall victim to institutional racism, discrimination, and low self-esteem.