Baker pushed for change, working with the most prominent organizations of the time. There are people who worked tirelessly for the cause of civil rights, and their names are familiar to us all. Then, ...

Ella Baker was an influential leader during the Civil Rights Movement. Many consider Baker to be the backbone of the movement. She worked alongside some of the most influential leaders of this time ...

An incredible season and high school career has come to an end for Amherst’s Ella Baker. At the Division I state meet, the senior finished fifth in the 400 with a time of 55.57 seconds, and anchored ...

Joe Biden began his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination by quoting a key but little known civil rights leader. “Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement, left ...

It has long been said that women were the backbone of the civil rights movement. That was true even in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the charismatic leader whose name has become synonymous with ...

In 1964, at the height of the civil rights movement, the organizer Ella Baker said: “Until the killing of black men, black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Ella ...

After last year’s state track and field meet, Ella Baker took only one week off before hitting the ground running again on her training. Nearly a year later, the Amherst senior has qualified for three ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By David Cecelski Last week was Ella Baker Day in Littleton. This one-stoplight town in ...

There are people who worked tirelessly for the cause of civil rights, and their names are familiar to us all. Then, there was Ella Jo Baker, often referred to as the backbone of the civil rights ...