Ella Baker Center Organizer and Advocate Monifa Akosua hosts this special episode on Ella Josephine Baker's birthday (December 13) as we look at the life and legacy of the activist, mentor and revolutionary the Ella Baker Center is named for. EBC Executive Director Zach Norris talks to Dr. Barabara Ransby, author of "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement" about Ella Baker's history and vision. Also, legendary activists who organized with Miss Baker share their stories: - Phoenix Mangrum, former Field Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) - Phil Hutchings, former Chairman of SNCC - Alredo Lopez, one of the leaders of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party and current Co-Director of May First Movement Technology.
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: a Radical Democratic Vision is published by the University of North Carolina Pres.
Phil Hutchings page on SNCC Digital Gateway.
Alfredo Lopez' wikipedia page and his current project, May First Movement Tecnology.
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