Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement A Radical Democratic Vision

Name: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement A Radical Democratic Vision
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ISBN: 9780807856161

ISBN-10: 0807856169

ISBN-13: 9780807856161

Edition: 2005

Authors: Barbara Ransby

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One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the black freedom struggle. She was a national officer and key figure in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a prime mover in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Baker made a place for herself…

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List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Barbara Ransby is associate professor of African American studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.



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Now, Who Are Your People?: Norfolk, Virginia, and Littleton, North Carolina, 1903-1918



A Reluctant Rebel and an Exceptional Student: Show Academy and Shaw University, 1918-1927



Harlem during the 1930s: The Making of a Black Radical ACtivist and Intellectual



Fighting Her Own Wars: The NAACP National Office, 1940-1946



Cops, Schools, and Communism: Local Politics and Global Ideologies--New York City in the 1950s



The Preacher and the Organizer: The Politics of Leadership in the Early Civil Rights Movement



New Battlefields and New Allies: Shreveport, Birmingham, and the Southern Conference Education Fund



Mentoring a New Generation of Activists: The Birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1960-1961



The Empowerment of an Indigenous Southern Black Leadership, 1961-1964



Mississippi Goddamn: Fighting for Freedom in the Belly of the Beast of Southern Racism



The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Radical Campaigns of the 1960s and 1970s



A Freirian Teacher, a Gramscian Intellectual, and a Radical Humanist: Ella Baker's Legacy



Ella Baker's Organizational Affiliations, 1927-1986


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