Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

A Radical Democratic Vision
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8078-5616-1
Verlag: University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Reihe: Gender and American Culture

One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher, from her early experiences in depression-era Harlem to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Ransby paints a vivid picture of the African American fight for justice and its intersections with other progressive struggles worldwide across the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ransby, Barbara

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Ransby is professor of African American studies and history and director of the Gender and Women's Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.