Joe Biden began his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination by quoting a key but little known civil rights leader. “Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement, left ...

Ella Baker, an official for the Southern Conference Educational Fund, speaks at the Jeannette Rankin news conference on January 3, 1968. (Jack Harris / AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that you ...

In These Times is at a crossroads and we urgently need your support. Will you help us raise $50,000 by the end of the week? For many within the American civil rights movement, Ella Josephine Baker was ...

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 ...