BLAK OURSTORY MONTH - Part VIII

the MAMA of 'em ALL, MAMA ELLA BAKER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Uus--gFrc

Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned over five decades. She worked alongside some of the most famous civil rights leaders of the 20th century, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King, Jr. She also mentored many emerging activists such as Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Rosa Parks, and Bob Moses. She was a critic of professionalized, charismatic leadership and a promoter of grassroots organizing and radical democracy.^[1] She has been called "One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement."*

That up above came from wikipedia & though I hate taking info from 'em, the description fit to a tee! Is OUR MAMA not as known bcuz she liked to play the back? Playing the back needs to get credit as she influenced so many.......................OUR MAMA knew that WE would soon be FREE! Get into this short video & see what WE mean; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRl6h-Cn4W0. It runs for only six & a half minutes.



* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Baker


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Just bcuz BHM is over doesn't mean that WE gonna stop coming with the REAL! It recently occurred  to Me that I/WE celebrate erryday & with that, WE at b2a will periodically hit Y'ALL with more of those who are unheralded in what I/WE call this BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE! Stay tuned as WE await the day this will all be over. Thank ya & as usual, HOLLA BLAK!