Ella Baker

What is Work? Gail Collins: When Everything Changed

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books


Sharon Glassman

The women in When Everything Changed are gutsy, goal-setting, game-changing, God-chatting, family-loving individuals who share a belief in Change - and an enduring, if irrational love of sexy shoes.

Today's Movement Leaders are Alive and Kicking

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson

Prime Movers aren't simply good people doing great work. They're stirring masses of people to combat injustice, to become engaged in the civic decisions that affect their common good.

Dreams of the Godmother: Remembering Ella Baker at the Inauguration

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


Jeff Biggers

Like so many unrecognized women in the Civil Rights movement and presidential campaigns, Ella Baker played a giant role in moving along our nation's struggle for social justice.