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  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about Ella Baker, a key figure in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. She co-founded the SCLC and the SNCC, and fought for social justice and equality until her death in 1986.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ella_BakerElla Baker - Wikipedia

    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.

  4. Apr 23, 2024 · 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.

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  5. Learn about the life and legacy of Ella Baker, a Black woman who fought for racial justice and empowered local communities. Explore her work with NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, and MFDP, and her vision of democracy and leadership.

  6. Apr 18, 2007 · Learn about Ella Baker, a civil rights activist who worked with the NAACP and SNCC. She organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the sit-in movement, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

  7. Ella Josephine Baker (Dec. 13, 1903 – Dec. 13, 1986) developed a sense for social justice early in her life. As a girl growing up in North Carolina, Baker listened to her grandmother tell stories about slave revolts. An enslaved woman, her grandmother had been whipped for refusing to marry a man chosen for her by the slave “owner.”

  8. 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 ...

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