36 pages 1 hour read

Barbara Ransby

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

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Essay Topics

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What role did self-defense play in the Black Freedom Movement?

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How did organizations like SNCC arrive at their methods for protesting, and how did economic and class struggles play into that work?

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What roles did gender identity and sexuality play in the black freedom struggle? How did Ella Baker push back against those roles?