#ella baker
“In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed… It means facing a system that does not lend its self to your needs and devising means by which you change that system.”
ELLA BAKER
If you know then you know
If you don’t then
Ask and learn
That’s all
LAST WEEK OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Day 2 of 7: Black activists to celebrate
ELLA BAKER
Ella Baker, born on December 13, 1903, was an civil rights and human rights activist.
In her lifetime Baker found her way in many active leading groups such as, the YNCL and the NAACP.
In 1957, Baker helped launch the SCLC ,which Martin Luther King Jr. co founded along many other.
During her time there she organized the event that led to the creation of the SNCC.
In her later years Baker remained fighting for social justice issues and equality.
Of course her legacy lives on.
THANK YOU ELLA BAKER