Miss Ella Jo Baker
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“It’ll blow over soon.”
“It’s just another haphazardly constructed hippie-march.”
“It’s a wannabe Tahrir.”
“There must be something in the water...”
TAGS: Miss Ella Jo Baker
TAGS: Miss Ella Jo Baker
51 years ago this week, SNCC (The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) was born out of a student retreat called by Miss Ella Josephine Baker.
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In the last fifteen years, the Ella Baker Center has seen a lot of change. We literally started our organization in a closet. Our founders picked the name “The Ella Baker Center” as a strategy for staying under the radar. Miss Ella Jo Baker isn’t the most well known legend of the civil rights movement; in fact, she led by creating space for others to find their own voices and visions. Our founders wanted to honor our connection to all those who came before us as well as be a launching pad for a new generation of activists.
TAGS: Miss Ella Jo Baker
TAGS: Miss Ella Jo Baker
