...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.
A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the black freedom struggle. She was a national officer and key figure in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a prime mover in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Baker made a place for herself in predominantly male political circles that included W. E. B. DuBois, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King Jr., all the while maintaining relationships with a vibrant group of women, students, and activists both black and white....
Standing (left to right): Mrs. Griffin, Anita Nance, ----, Mary-Louise Hooper, J. Kennedy. Second row seated (left to right): N.W. Griffin, ----, Clarence Nance, Mrs. Du Bois, Dr. Du Bois, Ethel Nance, Ella Baker. Front row seated (left to right): Claire Johnson, Lucy Wilson, Goldie Nance, Charles Wilson.
Mural Featured at Van Jones Ella Baker Center Features White Men Shooting, Enslaving Minorities Friday, September 4, 2009 | Kristinn
Posted on Saturday, September 05, 2009 1:44:39 AM by kristinn
Gateway Pundit today posted screen grabs from a 2008 interview of Obama Green Czar Van Jones seated in front of a large mural at the organization Jones founded, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.
The mural features on one side a white man shooting a Latino woman holding a child. On the other side it features a white man putting chains on a young Black man.
