Birthdate: December 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Died: December 13, 1986
Ella Josephine Baker was a prominent African-American civil rights and human rights activist known for her influential leadership spanning over five decades. She collaborated with renowned civil rights leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King Jr. Baker mentored emerging activists and played a crucial role in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s. She advocated for grassroots organizing, radical democracy, and empowering the oppressed to advocate for themselves. Baker is celebrated for her critiques of racism and sexism within American culture and the civil rights movement.
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