Ella Baker was a civil rights and human rights activist who worked alongside numerous other civil rights leaders. Baker is noted for being the first employee and interim executive director in the early years of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Graduating from Shaw University as class valedictorian, she moved to New York and began work with NAACP serving as national director of branches from 1943 to 1946. She then moved to Atlanta and began her work with the SCLC, SNCC, and founded the Mississippi Democratic Freedom Party. She ended her life in New York working with the Puerto Rico independence movement, spoke out against apartheid in South Africa, and discussed women’s issues.
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In this lesson, students will examine what factors influenced the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party and what impact the two organizations had on the movement for Black liberation.
In this lesson, students will examine what factors influenced the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party and what impact the two organizations had on the movement for Black liberation.
![A black and white pin-back button with text. In two arcs around the top and bottom edges of the button face are black blocks with white text. In the middle, centered, is black text. The text reads: [STUDENT NONVIOLENT / WE / SHALL / OVERCOME / COORDINATING / COMMITTEE].](https://learn.civilandhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LP13_Figure-9-600x599.jpg)
