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Ella Baker’s Radical Democratic Vision
Ella Baker was one of the unsung leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. What can she teach us about movement-building today?
Barbara Ransby is a longtime activist who teaches African-American studies, gender, and women’s studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her most recent book is Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson.
Ella Baker was one of the unsung leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. What can she teach us about movement-building today?