Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic
[0807856169]

Contributor(s): Ransby, Barbara (Author)

ISBN: 0807856169 EAN: 9780807856161

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 26.95 US - (

Binding: Paperback - Other Formats

Pub Date: February 28, 2005

Annotation: An award-winning biography of Ella Baker (1903-1986), one of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement. Baker was a gifted grassroots organizer whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. She was a key figure in the NAACP, a founder of the SCLC, and a prime mover in the creation of SNCC.