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"Ransby's is a remarkable biography worthy of her remarkable subject."
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"[Ransby's] passionate and demanding book offers a striking, thorough exposition of Baker's expansive, radical, humanist vision. (Chicago Tribune)"
Ensures that all who wish to know about Baker's tireless work can find a detailed account in one volume. (Black Issues Book Review)
Moving and invaluable. (The Nation)
"An] excellent biograph[y] based on extensive research into manuscript collections, personal interviews, and secondary sources. . . . [A] significant biograph[y] of [a] significant wom[an]. . . . Show[s] what strong, dedicated women could do for social change during decades when women weren't supposed to do anything but support their husbands and care for their children. . . . Not only teach[es] us about the past but warn[s] us about a possible future. (Women's Review of Books)"
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement : A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture),Barbara Ransby,The University of North Carolina Press,0807856169,Biography / Autobiography,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor,People of Color,Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,United States - 20th Century,Biography: political,Black studies,Civil rights & citizenship,Political Science / Civil Rights,USA,W. E. B. Du Bois; A. Philip Randolph; Thurgood Marshall; Martin Luther King Jr.; Ruby Hurley; Lucille Black; Pauli Murray; NAACP; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); civil rights
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