Black History Spotlight:Ella Baker

Ella Baker was born to Georgiana and Blake Baker on December 13, 1903 in Norfolk ,Virginia. In 1927 Baker earned her degree from Shaw University in North Carolina. Ella Baker then moved to Harlem and in 1941 she joined the NAACP working as the Director of Branches. Baker worked side by side with Martin Luther King Jr. and Baynard Rustin but she often felt her contributions were overlooked because she was a woman. Ella Baker later resigned from the NAACP in 1946, but remained with the organization for several years. Baker was instrumental in helping establish the SNCC (student nonviolent coordinating committe) which helped students organize sit-in demonstrations. Ella Baker continued her activism until her death in New York City on December 13, 1986. For more information you can check out her biography "Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement". I found this quote from Ella Baker that I thought was very profound check it out...

"One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we have come from and where we are going"

I always thought to myself as an African American we are the only ethnicity that dosent know our origin. Of course we know our descendants came from Africa but we dont know what tribes we come from and what customs, rituals, and tradition each tribe embodies. And if we dont know where we come from we cant possibly know where we are headed. Thanks to all my Shining stars for visiting please comment and Subscribe!

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