Overview
Ella Baker was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s. Her nickname was 'Fundi' which means a person teaching good things to the next generation .
From young, Ella Bakers grandmother has been telling her stories about how slaves were treated. Once, her grandmother was whipped because she did not want to marry the man her slave owner asked.
Ella Baker was a bright student therefore she went to Shaw University in Raleigh, North Caroline. She graduated from the university as an Valedictorian. A Valedictorian means a student who achieves the highest academic achievement in the class. When Ella Baker was studying in Shaw University, she challenged school policies that she thought was unfair.
She worked for some of the famous civil rights leaders during the 20th Century like Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. She also mentored some young civil rights like Bob Moses and Diane Nash. She fought to desegregrate schools, increase voter registration.She also gave wise counseling to many foundations including the Third World Women Coordinating Community.
She is recognize by many people as the mother of Civil Right movement. In 1946 she became the NAACPs director of branches. NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. Baker helped start the Young Negroes' Cooperative League to get better deals on goods and services.
She died in 1986 on her birthday due to old age.
From young, Ella Bakers grandmother has been telling her stories about how slaves were treated. Once, her grandmother was whipped because she did not want to marry the man her slave owner asked.
Ella Baker was a bright student therefore she went to Shaw University in Raleigh, North Caroline. She graduated from the university as an Valedictorian. A Valedictorian means a student who achieves the highest academic achievement in the class. When Ella Baker was studying in Shaw University, she challenged school policies that she thought was unfair.
She worked for some of the famous civil rights leaders during the 20th Century like Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. She also mentored some young civil rights like Bob Moses and Diane Nash. She fought to desegregrate schools, increase voter registration.She also gave wise counseling to many foundations including the Third World Women Coordinating Community.
She is recognize by many people as the mother of Civil Right movement. In 1946 she became the NAACPs director of branches. NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. Baker helped start the Young Negroes' Cooperative League to get better deals on goods and services.
She died in 1986 on her birthday due to old age.
Civil Rights Activist
WHAT DID ELLA BAKER DO?
In 1964, she helped formed the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Around the 1940s, she became the field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. She travelled everywhere to raise funds and recruit new members for the Association. In 1946 she became the national director of branches in then NAACP however she resigned a few years later because she needed to take care of her niece Jackie Brockington and also because she feels that her position requires to much of traveling.
In 1957, she went to Atlanta to help Martin Luther King Jr. establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. After establishing it ,she joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as its executive director because Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. requested her to.
In 1960, Baker helped young African-American college students in their growth as activists. She was inspired by students in North Caroline A and T because they refused to get up from a Woolworth lunch counter .