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Tuesday 23 of April 1953

Ella Josephine Baker was an African -American civil rights and human rights
activist in the United States. She was a largely behind the scenes organiser whose
career spanned over 5 decades.

Ella Josephine Baker

FACTS

Born-13th December 1903, Norfolk, Virginia,

United States
Died-13th December 1986, New York New
York, United States
Spouse-Thomas. J .Roberts
Siblings- Blake Curtis Baker
Margret Odessa Baker
Prince Baker
Parents-Georgina Ross Baker
Blacker Baker

Ella Baker next turned to her skills as an organiser to the Student Non-violent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), which she helped form as she guided students who were leading campus sit-ins
to important was Baker to the SNCC that she became the “Organisations Godmother”.

A granddaughter of slaves who graduated valedictorian from Raleigh’s Shaw University in 1927,
Baker spent nearly half a century raising the political consciousness of Americans, and played a major
role in three of the 20th century’s most influential civil rights groups: the National Association or the
Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
By Ellie Henderson