Ella Baker
American civil rights activist
Ella Josephine Baker 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. In New York City and the South, she worked alongside some of the most... Wikipedia
Born: December 13, 1903, Norfolk, VA
Died: December 13, 1986 (age 83 years), New York, NY
Education: Shaw University (1927)
Parents: Georgianna Ross Baker and Blake Baker
Siblings: Blake Curtis Baker, Margaret Odessa Baker, and Prince Baker
Spouse: Thomas J. Roberts (m. ?–1958)
Movement: Civil rights movement
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Ella Baker began her involvement with the NAACP in 1940. She worked as a field secretary and then served as director of branches from 1943 until 1946.
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