Ella Baker: Activist who excelled at grassroots organising of civil rights campaigns
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Ella Josephine Baker was a political activist and American community organiser who is known for her pioneering role in the major civil rights organisations of the 20th century. Ella Baker, an outspoken leader in the Black civil rights movement, was born on December 13, 1903, in Norfolk, Virginia. She was brought up on the same land where her grandparents had worked as slaves. She grew up listening to her grandparents telling the story of them being enslaved. Her mother was a member of the local missionary association who called on women to act as agents of social change. From her childhood, Baker had this activist spirit in her.
Ella Baker: Activist who excelled at grassroots organising of civil rights campaigns
Ella Baker: Activist who excelled at…
Ella Baker: Activist who excelled at grassroots organising of civil rights campaigns
Ella Josephine Baker was a political activist and American community organiser who is known for her pioneering role in the major civil rights organisations of the 20th century. Ella Baker, an outspoken leader in the Black civil rights movement, was born on December 13, 1903, in Norfolk, Virginia. She was brought up on the same land where her grandparents had worked as slaves. She grew up listening to her grandparents telling the story of them being enslaved. Her mother was a member of the local missionary association who called on women to act as agents of social change. From her childhood, Baker had this activist spirit in her.