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Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades.
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Baker served as a civil rights activist and worked with the NAACP. Read part 1 of this series here: Black History Month in Sheboygan: Finding cultural connectivity through music
Civil rights activist, leader, and the first martyr of the Civil Rights Movement: Willa Brown: 1906 1992 United States: civil rights activist, first African-American lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol, first African-American woman to run for Congress: Walter P. Reuther: 1907 1970 United States: labor leader and civil rights activist T.R.M ...
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights opened in 1996 and calls Baker “an unsung hero of racial and economic justice, the civil rights movement.” That she was. And her legacy remains strong today.
Pages in category "Activists for African-American civil rights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *
Although not often highlighted in American history, before Rosa Parks changed America when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus in December 1955, 19th-century African-American civil rights activists worked strenuously from the 1850s until the 1880s for the cause of equal treatment.
United States portal; This category lists African-American people who were/are activists for various issues (including but not limited to civil rights).For African-Americans' civil rights activists (regardless of ethnicity), see: Category:Activists for African-American civil rights