We Who Believe in Freedom: the Life and Times of Ella Baker, by Lea E. William

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Intended for middle school and high school readers. Ell Baker, who grew up in Littleton, North Carolina, is best remembered for her role she played in facilitating in April 1960 the organizational meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at Shaw University, her alma mater. With passion and clear understanding, Lea Williams outlines the life that brought Baker to this crucial point in U.S. history.