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Barbara Ransby

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My Time Organizing on Campus Against Apartheid in South Africa

Black internationalism broadened our politics of solidarity.

by Barbara Ransby via Hammer & Hope on July 23, 2024
Ella Taught Me: Shattering the Myth of the Leaderless Movement

It’s in vogue to call the new movement against police violence "leaderless." But as Ella Baker taught us, it's more correct to say that it has many leaders.

by Barbara Ransby via Colorlines on June 12, 2015

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Mural of Black leaders (from left to right) Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Martin Luther King and Fredrick Douglass

Ella Baker, Pragmatism, and Black Democratic Perfectionism

The great civil rights leader was suspicious of charisma, and she had something else in mind.

by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on September 24, 2024

It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day

Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.

by Mark Engler via The Nation on January 17, 2020

Hip hop nightclub.

Golden-Era Rap Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition

In Hip hop’s “golden era,” the period from 1987 to 1994, rappers used their platforms to bring attention to issues plaguing poor and working-class Black communities.

by Antoine S. Johnson via Black Perspectives on August 15, 2023

Ada “Bricktop” Smith (far left) seated at table with other women, the New York Public Library Digital Collections, 1920 – 1929 (Courtesy of the Schomburg Center).

Behind and Beyond Biography: Writing Black Women’s Lives and Thoughts

Ashley D. Farmer and Tanisha C. Ford explain the importance of biographical writing of African American women and the personal connection involved.

by Ashley D. Farmer, Tanisha C. Ford via Black Perspectives on May 31, 2022

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