Ella Baker

Civil Rights Leader

Birthday December 13, 1903

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Norfolk, VA

DEATH DATE Dec 13, 1986 (83)

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About

American civil and human rights activist best known for helping found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Her career spanned over five decades and she is considered by many to be one of the most important women of the 20th century.

Before Fame

When she was a child, her grandmother told her stories about slave revolts.

Trivia

She was hired as a secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1940.

Family Life

She was the daughter of Georgiana and Blake Baker and had three siblings. She married T.J. Roberts, though they divorced in 1958. 

Associated With

She worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. among other well known civil rights leaders.