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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.
Apr 23, 2024 · Ella Baker (born December 13, 1903, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.—died December 13, 1986, New York, New York) was an 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.
Ella Baker was born in 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia. She spent most of her childhood in rural North Carolina, listening to her grandparents tell stories about being enslaved. At a young age, Ella developed a strong appreciation for hard work and community. She saw her family and friends supporting one another, in good times and bad.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1903-1986) Who Was Ella Baker? 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...
Dec 2, 2021 · Published December 2, 2021. Updated October 23, 2023. From teaching Rosa Parks how to protest to organizing student activists, Ella Baker was one of America's most tireless civil rights leaders — all while operating largely behind the scenes. Ella Baker had an enormous influence on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Apr 18, 2007 · Ella Baker (1903-1986) Through her decades of work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and later with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Ella Baker emerged as one of the most important women in the civil rights movement.
Baker, Ella Josephine. December 13, 1903 to December 13, 1986. Rejecting Martin Luther King’s charismatic leadership, Ella Baker advised student activists organizing the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to promote “group-centered leaders” rather than the “leader-centered” style she associated with King’s Southern ...
