Ella Baker

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African American leader civil rights activist community organizer human

Ella Baker was a prominent African American civil rights leader and grassroots organizer who championed participatory democracy and helped shape major organizations like the NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ella Baker canonical	11
Ella Baker within 20th-century U.S. social movements	1
Ella Baker within the broader Black freedom struggle	1
Ella Josephine Baker	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American leader ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ community organizer ⓘ human ⓘ
advocatedFor	decentralized movement structures ⓘ local grassroots leadership ⓘ ordinary people’s political participation ⓘ
awardReceived	Candace Award for Distinguished Service from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women ⓘ
burialPlace	Raleigh ⓘ surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1903-12-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1986-12-13 ⓘ
educatedAt	Shaw University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Baker ⓘ
fullName	Ella Baker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ella Josephine Baker
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Ella ⓘ
hasOccupation	civil rights organizer ⓘ educator ⓘ political activist ⓘ
ideology	participatory democracy ⓘ racial equality ⓘ social justice ⓘ
influenced	SNCC leaders such as Bob Moses ⓘ SNCC leaders such as Diane Nash ⓘ SNCC leaders such as John Lewis ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizing philosophy ⓘ participatory democracy in the civil rights movement ⓘ
knownFor	grassroots organizing ⓘ leadership in major civil rights organizations ⓘ mentoring young civil rights activists ⓘ participatory democracy advocacy ⓘ
memberOf	NAACP ⓘ surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableWork	organizing the 1960 student sit-in meeting at Shaw University that led to SNCC’s founding ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
placeOfEducation	Raleigh ⓘ surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
positionHeld	director of branches of the NAACP ⓘ executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ national field secretary of the NAACP ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
subjectOf	biography "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement" by Barbara Ransby ⓘ
workedAt	Harlem ⓘ surface form: Harlem, New York City

Referenced by (14)

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American civil rights movement → keyFigure → Ella Baker ⓘ

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → keyPerson → Ella Baker ⓘ

Bayard Rustin → collaboratedWith → Ella Baker ⓘ

Ella Baker → fullName → Ella Baker self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ella Josephine Baker

Shaw University → hasNotableAlumni → Ella Baker ⓘ

Bob Moses → influencedBy → Ella Baker ⓘ

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party → keyFigure → Ella Baker ⓘ

biography "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement" by Barbara Ransby → mainSubject → Ella Baker ⓘ

subject surface form: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

biography "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement" by Barbara Ransby → situates → Ella Baker ⓘ

subject surface form: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

this entity surface form: Ella Baker within the broader Black freedom struggle

biography "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement" by Barbara Ransby → situates → Ella Baker ⓘ

subject surface form: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

this entity surface form: Ella Baker within 20th-century U.S. social movements

biography "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement" by Barbara Ransby → hasBiographicalSubject → Ella Baker ⓘ

subject surface form: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

Black Prophetic Fire → featuresFigure → Ella Baker ⓘ

Victoria Gray → associatedWith → Ella Baker ⓘ

subject surface form: Victoria Gray Adams

Septima Clark → influenced → Ella Baker ⓘ