The second volume in the True Tales for Young Readers series, the short biography of the civil rights leader is intended for middle school and high school readers. Ella Baker, who grew up in Littleton, North Carolina, is best remembered for the role she played in facilitating in April 1960 the organizational meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 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.
| ISBN: | 9780865264885 |
| Publication date: | 30th October 2017 |
| Author: | Lea E Williams |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 114 pages |
| Series: | True Tales for Young Readers |
| Genres: |
People / Places Children’s / Teenage: General interest |