Organizer
Ella Baker
1903 – 1986
Field secretary for the NAACP in the 1940s. Founding executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Convened the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at Shaw University in April 1960. Five decades of organizing without seeking credit. “Strong people don't need strong leaders.”
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