2021 Celebration of Black History - Day 8

Today we celebrate Black History by honoring Ella Baker

After graduating from Shaw University, Ella Baker moved to New York City and began her career as a grassroots organizer. Joining the NAACP in 1940, the Virginia native assisted in developing some of the brightest minds in the Civil Rights Movement.

She assisted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. After a string of sit-ins in the 1960s, she joined a group of students who would go on to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Baker ignited the fight in a generation of young Americans who would go on to risk their own freedom for the advancement and equality of all black people.

Watch this video to learn more: https://blackhistoryintwominutes.com/80898-2

Read here to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Baker