Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) was among the most influential
strategists of the most important social movement in modern US
history, the Civil Rights Movement, yet most Americans have never
heard of her. Behind the scenes, she organized on behalf of the
major civil rights organizations of her day—the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the
Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), and the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)—among many other
activist groups. As she once told an interviewer, “[Y]ou didn’t
see me on television, you didn’t see news stories about me. The
kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put
pieces together out of which I hoped organization might come. My
theory is, strong people don’t need strong leaders.” Rejecting
charismatic leadership as a means of social change, Baker invented
a form of grassroots community organizing for social justice that
had a profound impact on the struggle for civil rights and
continues to inspire agents of change on behalf of a wide variety
of social issues. In this book, historian J. Todd Moye masterfully
reconstructs Baker’s life and contribution for a new generation
of readers. Those who despair that the civil rights story is told
too often from the top down and at the dearth of accessible works
on women who helped shape the movement will welcome this new
addition to the Library of African American Biography series,
designed to provide concise, readable, and up-to-date lives of
leading black figures in American history.
General
| Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Library of African American Biography |
| Release date: |
November 2013 |
| Firstpublished: |
September 2013 |
| Authors: |
J.Todd Moye
|
| Series editors: |
John David Smith
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
204 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4422-1565-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4422-1565-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781442215658 |
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