Guide to Source Material for Anti-Racist Activists and Thinkers

Ella Josephine Baker was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern US history, the civil rights movement. In this book, historian J. Todd Moye masterfully reconstructs Baker s life and contribution for a new generation of readers. "

Praise for ELLA BAKER Splendid biography . . . a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on the critical roles of women in civil rights.--Joyce A. Ladner, The Washington Post Book World The definitive biography of Ella Baker, a force behind the civil rights movement and almost every social justice movement of this century.--Gloria Steinem This book will be received with plaudits for its empathy, insightfulness, and gendered narration of an astonishingly neglected life that was pivotal in the pursuit of American justice and humanity.--David Levering Lewis Pulitzer Prize-winning author of W. E. B. Du Bois Pathbreaking. By illuminating the little-known story of how profoundly Ella Baker influenced the most radical activists of the era, Grant's graceful portrayal reveals Miss Baker's transformative impact on recent history.--Kathleen Cleaver