Then, there was Ella Jo Baker, often referred to as the backbone of the civil rights movement. A quiet, unassuming woman, Baker was at the center of the civil rights struggle with the movement’s ...

A s Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or minimized in favor of male figures. From organizing boycotts to ...

Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986 ... Her work was recognized as being critical to the civil rights movement. She won many awards and was nominated or inducted into several groups.

As the nation celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, it is also a time to remember the women who helped King propel the civil ... to the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

The group was formed to include students in the sit-in movement. But had it not ... Sciences and Humanities said, civil rights leader Ella Baker was the architect of change.

Ella Baker was involved in three of the most influential groups of the Civil Rights Movement: the NAACP, the SNCC, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She first worked for the NAACP ...

Ella Baker, the mother of the civil rights movement, was a key strategist in empowering young activists and co-founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Thanks to Taylor Harris ...

Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986 ... Her work was recognized as being critical to the civil rights movement. She won many awards and was nominated or inducted into several groups.