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Ella Baker, civil rights & human rights activist. She was the highest-ranking woman at the NAACP, a key organizer at SCLC & “Godmother” of SNCC. Nicknamed "Fundi" (Swahili: a person who teaches a craft to the next generation), she mentored many emerging activists & worked with famous civil rights leaders. She also argued against the male leadership/female membership structure of the Civil Rights Movement & Black church. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has been founded in her honor. R.I.P. Civil Rights Movement, Ella Baker, Louis Farrakhan, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, Josephine Baker, Human Rights Activists, James Baldwin, Harriet Tubman

Ella Baker, civil rights & human rights activist. She was the highest-ranking woman at the NAACP, a key organizer at SCLC & “Godmother” of SNCC. Nicknamed "Fundi" (Swahili: a person who teaches a craft to the next generation), she mentored many emerging activists & worked with famous civil rights leaders. She also argued against the male leadership/female membership structure of the Civil Rights Movement & Black church. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has been founded in her honor…

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