SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Ella Baker

1903 - 1986

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Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. In New York City and the South, she worked alongside some of the most noted civil rights leaders of the 20th century, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King Jr. She also mentored many emerging activists, such as Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, and Bob Moses, as leaders in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ella Baker is the 582nd most popular social activist (up from 599th in 2019), the 9,607th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,064th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ella Baker ranks 582 out of 840. Before her are Irene Fernandez, Thomas Clarkson, Stan Swamy, Emily Hobhouse, Elvia Carrillo Puerto, and Megumi Yokota. After her are Eoin O'Duffy, Har Dayal, Osman Kavala, Grey Owl, Lucy Salani, and Asma Jahangir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ella Baker ranks 316. Before her are Tadeusz Friedrich, Ruth Svedberg, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Niní Marshall, Vernon Duke, and Harold Whitlock. After her are Yuli Raizman, Clare Boothe Luce, Olavi Paavolainen, Guy Simonds, Warren Kealoha, and Helena Nordheim. Among people deceased in 1986, Ella Baker ranks 261. Before her are Romeo Rivers, Harry Benjamin, Yukiko Okada, Domingo García, Sara Sadíqova, and Beryl Markham. After her are Yakima Canutt, Josef Streb, Goffredo Parise, Sonny Terry, Adolf Brudes, and Pepper Adams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ella Baker ranks 9,609 out of 20,380. Before her are Edith Abbott (1876), Les Aspin (1938), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), Haskell Wexler (1922), Harry Hebner (1891), and Bess Meredyth (1890). After her are Elizabeth Ryan (1892), Sally Struthers (1947), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Edward Abbey (1927), Sarah Silverman (1970), and R. A. Lafferty (1914).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Ella Baker ranks 85. Before her are Fred Hampton (1948), Bill Haywood (1869), Bayard Rustin (1912), Walter Reuther (1907), Lizzie Velásquez (1989), and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890). After her are Albert Parsons (1848), Ralph Abernathy (1926), Mamie Till (1921), Sylvia Rivera (1951), Martin Luther King III (1957), and Dolores Huerta (1930).

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