Ella Josephine Baker was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern US history, the civil rights movement. In this book, historian J. Todd Moye masterfully reconstructs Baker's life and contribution for a new generation of readers.

Dedication
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Ella Baker and the Paradox of Egalitarian Leadership
Chapter 1: A Deep Sense of Community
Chapter 2: Hotbed of Radical Thinking
Chapter 3: Give Light and the People Will Find a Way
Chapter 4: The Hard Job of Getting Down and Helping People
Chapter 5: Bigger Than a Hamburger
Chapter 6: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
Chapter 7: The Tribe Increases
Index
Acknowledgments