When Joe Biden accepted the nomination to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for president on Thursday night, he began by quoting Ella Baker. “Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement ...

Ella Baker, an official for the Southern Conference Educational Fund, speaks at the Jeannette Rankin news conference on January 3, 1968. (Jack Harris / AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that ...

Ella Baker, a prominent civil rights activist, worked alongside leaders such as W.E.B Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Phillip Randolph, and Martin Luther King. The most powerful Ella Baker quotes ...

A s Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked ...

2015 Ella Baker. Josephine Baker. Eleanor Roosevelt. “@roomfordebate: Hi @thewayoftheid Who would you like to see on the $20 bill?” — Fed-Up Short Chick. (@thewayoftheid) March 18 ...

Ella Baker, the mother of the civil rights movement, was a key strategist in empowering young activists and co-founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Thanks to Taylor Harris ...

Thousands of youth advocates were in Knoxville on Saturday for the Children's Defense Fund's "Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute." The event was held at the Knoxville Convention Center on ...