Baker, Ella, 1903-1986

Authoritative Name:
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Biography:
African American community organizer and political activist born December 13, 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia and died December 13, 1986 in New York City. In the early 1930s, she helped organize the Young Negroes Cooperative League. From the late 1930s until 1946, she worked as part of the staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), first as a field secretary and later as national director of the NAACP's various branches. In 1956, Baker helped found In Friendship, a fundraising organization supporting the Civil Rights Movement in the South. In 1957 she helped form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). She left the SCLC in 1960 to help organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Associated Subjects:
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Interview with Anne Braden, November 10, 1994

Creator:
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Date of Original:
1994-11-10
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Interview with Constance Curry, August 8, 1997

Creator:
Curry, Constance, 1933-
Date of Original:
1997-08-08
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Interview with Julian Bond, September 14, 1997

Creator:
Bond, Julian, 1940-
Date of Original:
1997-09-14
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Baker--Ella Baker papers, 1959-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC 628

Creator:
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Date of Original:
1960/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Miscellaneous COFO and SNCC material, 1963-1964, n.d. (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 6)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1963/1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE Southern Regional Office--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, May 1964-August 1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 16, Folder 11)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 19)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1966 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reels 2-3, Segment 37)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Letter: Atlanta, Georgia, to James Dombrowski, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1961 October 2

Creator:
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Date of Original:
1961-10-02
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Letter: Los Angeles, California, to James Dombrowski, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1963 June 4

Creator:
Wilkinson, Frank, 1914-2006
Date of Original:
1963-06-04
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Image of Southern Conference Educational Fund meeting minutes]

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1963-04-26
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Southern Conference Educational Fund meeting minutes]

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1963-04-26
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a page of typewritten notes taken during an executive committee meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1960/1969
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of masthead of Southern Conference Educational Fund's <i>Southern Patriot</i>, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 October

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1963-10
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Constance Curry interview

Creator:
Curry, Constance, 1933
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2005-10-25
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Johnny Parham interview

Creator:
Parham, Johnny
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2005-11-21
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center
Educator Resources:

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