Title Ella Baker and the Black freedom movement : a radical democratic vision / Barbara Ransby

Published Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2003] ©2003

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series Gender & American culture Gender & American culture. Contents Now, who are your people?: Norfolk, Virginia, and Littleton, North Carolina, 1903-1918 -- A reluctant rebel and an exceptional student: Shaw 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 Summary One of the most important African American leaders of the 20th century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned 50 years and touched thousands of lives "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 in predominantly male political circles that included W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King Jr., all the while maintaining relationships with a vibrant group of women, students, and activists both black and white. In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher, from her early experiences in depression-era Harlem to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Ransby shows Baker to be a complex figure whose radical, democratic worldview, commitment to empowering the black poor, and emphasis on group-centered, grassroots leadership set her apart from most of her political contemporaries. Beyond documenting an extraordinary life, the book paints a vivid picture of the African American fight for justice and its intersections with other progressive struggles worldwide across the twentieth century."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed August 29, 2018) Lillian Smith Book Award, 2004 American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, 2003 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award, 2004 Print version record Subject Baker, Ella, 1903-1986. SUBJECT Baker, Ella, 1903-1986 fast Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party -- Biography SUBJECT Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party fast National Association for the Advancement of Colored People fast Subject African American women civil rights workers -- Biography Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Literature -- Women authors. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. African American women civil rights workers African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Race relations SUBJECT Southern States -- Race relations United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject Southern States United States Genre/Form Literature collective biographies. Literature Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2002153275 ISBN 9780807827789 0807827789 0807862703 9780807862704

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