Ella Baker

02/06/21 • 50 min

No movement rises on the back of one person. Ella Baker was a key organizer of the civil rights movement who ensured the next generation could carry on the fight.

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Title IX gave girls and young women in the US a level playing field by prohibiting institutions that received federal funding from discriminating on the basis of gender. Patsy Mink, the first woman of color and first Asian American woman elected to Congress, was instrumental in writing this and many other "Great Society" era legislation. Join us as we discuss the drive of another fierce woman that made all of our lives better!

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