Ella baker parents
Life Story: Ella Baker - Women & the American Story.
Ella (Josephine) Baker
| Activist in the movement for the protection of civil and human rights of African-Americans. Date of Birth: Country: USA |
Biography of Ella (Josephine) Baker
Ella Baker was an activist for the civil and human rights of African-Americans, starting from the s.
How did ella baker die
She was born in Norfolk, Virginia and when she was nine years old, her family moved to her mother's hometown of Littleton, North Carolina. In her childhood, Ella often heard her grandmother's stories about slave rebellions. She attended Shaw University in the capital of North Carolina, Raleigh, and graduated in After graduating, she moved to New York.
In , she was a member of the editorial board of the "American West Indian News" newspaper, and later became an assistant editor for the "Negro National News" newspaper.
In , black journalist and anarchist George Schuyler founded the "Cooperative League of Colored Youth" and in , Ella became one of the leaders in the organization after befr