Baker pushed for change, working with the most prominent organizations of the time. There are people who worked tirelessly for the cause of civil rights, and their names are familiar to us all. Then, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Ella ...

Ella Baker was a 20th century civil rights advocate. (Ella Baker Center for Human Rights) Ella Baker, a civil rights activist, played a pivotal role in ending Jim Crow in the U.S. Wanting every Black ...

The Barnard Center for Research on Women and the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia hosted “Ella Baker for the 21st Century,” a one-day symposium—featuring political ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC, was one of the most effective organizations during the modern Civil Rights Movement. The group was formed to ...

Now, who are your people?: Norfolk, Virginia, and Littleton, North Carolina, 1903-1918 -- A reluctant rebel and an exceptional student: Shaw Academy and Shaw University, 1918-1927 -- Harlem during the ...

After last year’s state track and field meet, Ella Baker took only one week off before hitting the ground running again on her training. Nearly a year later, the Amherst senior has qualified for three ...

There are people who worked tirelessly for the cause of civil rights, and their names are familiar to us all. Then, there was Ella Jo Baker, often referred to as the backbone of the civil rights ...