Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

Ella Baker (1903–1986) was a pivotal African American leader and civil rights activist whose fifty-year career profoundly shaped the Black freedom struggle. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker deliberately worked behind the scenes, yet was a key figure in the NAACP, a founder of the SCLC, and a prime mover in the creation of SNCC. Barbara Ransby's definitive biography explores Baker's complex, radical democratic worldview and her enduring influence on group-centered activism. Beyond documenting Baker’s life, it illuminates the broader African American fight for justice and its global intersections throughout the twentieth century.

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