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Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades.
Ella Baker, American community organizer and political activist who brought her skills and principles to bear in the major civil rights organizations of the mid-20th century. She notably helped form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Learn more about Baker’s life and work.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Ella Baker became one of the leading figures of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. Following her early work for the National Association for the...
This is the life story of Ella Baker, a grassroots organizer and outspoken leader in the Black civil rights movement.
Learn how Ella Baker, a black woman and a civil rights leader, influenced the nonviolent resistance movement of the 1950s and 1960s. From teaching Rosa Parks to organizing student activists, Baker used her personal past and skills to empower local groups across the South.
Ella Baker was a grassroots organizer who advocated for group-centered leadership in the civil rights movement. She co-founded In Friendship and SNCC, and worked with NAACP, SCLC, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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Jan 16, 2017 · A granddaughter of slaves who graduated valedictorian from Raleigh’s Shaw University in 1927, Baker spent nearly half a century raising the political consciousness of Americans, and...
