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Ella Baker
Early life Ella Baker was raised by Georgianna and Baker. Her family moved to her mother hometown. Baker’s grandmother had been enslaved and whipped for refusing to marry a man chosen for her by the slave master. Interesting Facts Baker was valedictorian of her class at Shaw University in Raleigh. After college Baker moved to New York City. Where she immersed herself in the culture of the Harlem Renaissance. Baker was married for 21 years to T.J “BOB” Roberts. She began to work for (NAACP) as a secretary. She then was an organizer of (SNCC).